Gratiana (beetle)

Gratiana
Gratiana pallidula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Cassidinae
Tribe:	Cassidini
Genus:	Gratiana Spaeth, 1913

Gratiana is a genus of tortoise beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about seven described species in Gratiana. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Gratiana:

• Gratiana boliviana Spaeth, 1926 ^{i c g b} (tropical soda apple leaf beetle)
• Gratiana conformis (Boheman, 1854) ^{i c g}
• Gratiana graminea (Klug, 1829) ^{i c g}
• Gratiana insculpta (Boheman, 1855) ^{i c g}
• Gratiana lutescens (Boheman, 1854) ^{i c g}
• Gratiana pallidula (Boheman, 1854) ^{i c g b} (eggplant tortoise beetle)
• Gratiana spadicea (Klug, 1829) ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, ^[1] c = Catalogue of Life, ^[2] g = GBIF, ^[3] b = Bugguide.net ^[4]

References

1. "Gratiana Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
2. "Browse Gratiana". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
3. "Gratiana". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
4. "Gratiana Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
5. Staines, C.L. "Catalog of the hispines of the World". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
6. "North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". Texas Entomology. Retrieved 2018-05-06.

Further reading

• Barney, R. J.; Clark, S. M.; Riley, E. G. (2007). "Annotated list of the leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Kentucky: Subfamily Cassidinae". Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science. 68 (2): 132–144. doi:10.3101/1098-7096(2007)68[132:ALOTLB]2.0.CO;2. S2CID   198148537.
• Borowiec, Lech (1999). A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologicae Silesiae. ISBN   978-83-909804-4-7.
• Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Seeno, Terry N. (2003). Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Special Publication No. 1. The Coleopterists' Society. ISBN   978-0-9726087-1-8.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-26091-7.

External links

• Media related to Gratiana at Wikimedia Commons