Gratiana pallidula

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Gratiana pallidula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Gratiana
Species:
G. pallidula
Binomial name
Gratiana pallidula
(Boheman, 1854)

Gratiana pallidula, the eggplant tortoise beetle, is a species of tortoise beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Central America and North America. [1] [2] [3]

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Adult: in most live individuals, pronotum light green, elytra light golden brown with explanate, transparent margins; color of dead specimens mostly medium brown with lighter brownish-yellow margins; body oblong; elytral margins almost parallel-sided for more than half of their length; elytral disc with many small surface pits arranged in several longitudinal rows.

Larva: may be at least partly green, and carry a fecal shield above its back. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Gratiana pallidula Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. ↑ "Gratiana pallidula". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. ↑ "Species Gratiana pallidula - Eggplant Tortoise Beetle - BugGuide.Net". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2020-07-30.

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