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Red spoted tortoise beetle

Chelymorpha costaricensis

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Field Notes

Description:

Red tortoise beetle with black spots

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Chelymorpha costaricensishabitus

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Diaz José Miguel
Thanks Michael!! It's nice to get help from people that knows their stuff! I will change te ID!
MichaelGeiser
I don't think it is Chelymorpha phytophagica, because that species lives further North (SE United States). However, the ID is not far off. I think it's one of the other species of Chelymorpha with "hairy" elytra, of which five are recorded from Costa Rica and nearby countries: C. comata, gressoria, costaricensis, sericea and pubescens. Photos can be found here: http://www.biol.uni.wroc.pl/cassidae/katalog%20internetowy/chelymorphacostaricensisfig.htm

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PublishedMay 30, 2014

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