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Tortoise beetle

Family: Chrysomelidae, Cassida circumdata

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Description:

The Cassidinae (tortoise and leaf-mining beetles) are a subfamily of the leaf beetles, or Chrysomelidae. It includes both the former subfamily "Hispinae" (leaf-mining beetles), as well as the former more narrowly defined subfamily Cassidinae (familiar as tortoise beetles).

Habitat:

Agumbe lies in a rainforest region with a tropical climate, warm and humid. Under the Köppen system of climate classification Agumbe is an 'Am' climate, that is, a tropical monsoon climate.

Reference Links:

Cassidinae - Wikipedia, Flickr

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Tortoise Beetle

Cassida circumdata

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bayucca
Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, Cassidini, Cassida sp. and most probably Cassida circumdata. https://www.flickr.com/photos/72145761@N00/19545016754 http://indiabiodiversity.org/observation/show/332169 http://drkrishi.com/green-tortoise-beetle/ http://www.nbair.res.in/insectpests/Cassida-circumdata.php

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