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Cyrtonota sexpustulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:
Cassidinae
Genus:
Cyrtonota
Species:
C. sexpustulata
Binomial name
Cyrtonota sexpustulata
(Fabricius, 1781)
Synonyms
  • Cassida sexpustulata (Fabricius, 1781)
  • Mesomphalia sexpustulata Hope, 1840

[1]

Cyrtonota sexpustulata is a leaf beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae.[2][3]

Description

Cyrtonota sexpustulata can reach a length of 13–14 millimetres (0.51–0.55 in). Body is dark bluish or black with six orange-red spots on the elytrae.[4] The main host plant is Ipomoea batatas (Convolvulaceae).[1]

Distribution

This species can be found in Brazil.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Biol.uni
  2. ^ Biolib
  3. ^ Catalogue of Life
  4. ^ Lukáš SEKERKA & Maxwell V. L. BARCLAY Fabrician types of Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) deposited in the Natural History Museum, London Archived 2015-01-31 at the Wayback Machine ACTA ENTOMOLOGICA MUSEI NATIONALIS PRAGAE


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