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Unidentified Tortoise Beetle

Charidotella puella

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Field Notes

Description:

A beautiful gold, red and black tortoise beetle from the cassidinae subfamily.
I saw a white and small flying insect and though it was a small moth, when I got a closer look I was astonished. Too bad it was shy and only let me take 2 bad shots.

Notes:

Thanks Lech and Jolanta from the Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wroclaw, Poland, for the ID

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Cassidinae

Species ID Suggestions

Tortoise beetle

Microctenochira aberrata

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GustavoMorejon
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Comments (6)
GustavoMorejon
El mejor lugar para comenzar sería revisar el trabajo del Dr. Lech Borowiec, en http://www.xinkexue.com/blog-1387-5909.html , ahí tienes una buena guía. Es un poco largo y pesado el sitio, pero te va a dar una buena idea de lo que podría ser. Cassidinae es un grupo grande y complejo, pero fascinante !
Diaz José Miguel
Hola gustavo, no soy para nada experto, como podría saber en base a esta foto si se trata en efecto de esa especie (en el enlace no vi fotos)
GustavoMorejon
Can be a local variation of Microctenochira aberrata.

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PublishedNovember 19, 2013

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