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Green Tortoise Beetle

Cassida circumdata

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Field Notes

Description:

This beetle has metallic green color with black pattern under a transparent exoskeleton. It is 3 to 4 mm in diameter. It feeds on young eegplant leaves and regarded as a garden pest.

Habitat:

Cultivated land.

Species ID Suggestions

Green Tortoise Beetle

Cassida circumdata

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AgnesAdiqueTalavera
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Comments (6)
ChunXingWong
Looks like the tortoise beetle - Taiwania circumdata.
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PublishedMarch 1, 2012

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