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Mottled Tortoise Beetle

Deloyala guttata

Photo by LaurenZarate
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Field Notes

Description:

A gold and wine-red tortoise shell beetle that landed on a fence post. I only got 1 shot of him before he flew away. So sad when that happens. Family Chrysomelidae.

Habitat:

Lake Catemaco, Veracruz, Mexico.

Reference Links:

Tortoise Beetle - Deloyala guttata - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Tortoise Beetle

Deloyala sp.

Reference Link
bayucca
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Comments (2)
LaurenZarate
Thank you so much bayucca. It is possible that fuliginosa is a subspecies of guttata as in this reference? (http://naturalista.conabio.gob.mx/taxa/313965-Deloyala-guttata-fuliginosa). There is so much more for guttata than for fuliginosa and they all look like the same beetle with enormous variabilidad.
bayucca
Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, Cassidini, Deloyala sp., cannot really tell you which one it is. I think it should either be Deloyala fuliginosa or Deloyala guttata, bot extremely variable and both found in Mexico. Maybe you find out more... In the suggestion link from Costa Rica you also find some more links of both species. http://bugguide.net/node/view/328380/bgimage http://bugguide.net/node/view/13540/bgimage http://bugguide.net/node/view/172647/bgpage http://bugguide.net/node/view/1037468/bgimage http://bugguide.net/node/view/879871/bgimage http://bugguide.net/node/view/328380/bgimage http://bugguide.net/node/view/119735/bgimage http://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.asp?identification=Mottled-Tortoise-Beetle http://www.biol.uni.wroc.pl/cassidae/katalog%20internetowy/deloyalaguttatafig1.htm http://www.biol.uni.wroc.pl/cassidae/katalog%20internetowy/deloyalaguttatafig.htm http://www.biol.uni.wroc.pl/cassidae/katalog%20internetowy/deloyalafuliginosafig.htm https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/DELOGU/distribution/MX

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PublishedFebruary 13, 2016

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