Cyrtonota sexpustulata

Cyrtonota sexpustulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
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. 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