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Field Notes

Description:

Green and black shiny bug with a "see through" plate around the edges. Very small less than 1/2 a cm. Found on Convovulus leaf.

Habitat:

In a wooded area on a tropical island of Vanuatu

Species ID Suggestions

Green Tortoise Beetle

Cassida cf. compuncta

Reference Link
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Comments (1)
bayucca
Chrysomelidae, Chrysomelinae, Chrysomelini, Cassida sp. and looks similar to Cassida compuncta. http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_leafbeetles/GreenTortoiseBeetle.htm http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/16960392 http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/53476060 http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations/27608 https://www.flickr.com/photos/31914013@N05/4522809018
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PublishedAugust 15, 2015

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