Coptocycla texana

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Coptocycla texana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "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.

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