Coptocycla texana

Coptocycla texana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Coptocycla
Species:	C. texana
Binomial name
Coptocycla texana (Schaeffer, 1933)

Coptocycla texana, the anacua tortoise beetle, is a species of tortoise beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} It is found in Central America and North America. ^{[1] [5] [6]}

This monophagous beetle feeds entirely on the leaves of the anacua ( Ehretia anacua ). ^[7]

References

1. "Coptocycla texana Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2018-04-24.
2. "Coptocycla texana species details". Catalogue of Life . Retrieved 2018-04-24.
3. "Coptocycla texana". GBIF . Retrieved 2018-04-24.
4. "Coptocycla texana Species Information". BugGuide.net . Retrieved 2018-04-24.
5. Staines, C.L. "Catalog of the Hispines of the World". Smithsonian Institution . Retrieved 2018-04-24.
6. "North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". Texas Entomology. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
7. Taber, Stephen Welton; Scott B. Fleenor (2005). Invertebrates of Central Texas Wetlands. Texas Tech University Press. pp. 147–148. ISBN   978-0-89672-550-8.

Further reading

• Borowiec, Lech (1999). A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologicae Silesiae. ISBN   978-83-909804-4-7.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-26091-7.