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Tortoise leaf beetle

Aspidimorpha indica

Photo by Vishal
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Field Notes

Description:

A colourful bug with translucent coat on top.
At first I mistook it to be a water drop on some scrap of shiny chocolate wrapper. Only when it moved I realized that it is a bug.
About the size a thumb nail (1.5 cm long)

Habitat:

Sahayadri mountains (Western Ghats), Maharashtra, India

Notes:

This is the first and only time I have seen what looks like a rare bug.
ID appreciated.

Species ID Suggestions

Tortoise leaf beetle

aspidomorpha indica

Reference Link
MartinL
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Comments (5)
Vishal
@bayucca I had already found the info about misspelling on wiki and made correction on the top. Thanks for confirming though :).
bayucca
The ID is correct, but the name should be Aspidimorpha indica. There was a historic misspelling.
Vishal
@MartinL Thanks for the ID
Vishal
@bayucca Thanks for the classification. Any idea how we can point out the exact species name.
bayucca
Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae. It is a Tortoise Beetle.
Photographed
PublishedMay 24, 2014

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