Biology:Gratiana pallidula

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Short description: Species of beetle

Gratiana pallidula
Gratiana pallidula, U, Face2, Patuxent WRC, MD 2013-07-09-12.40.04 ZS PMax (9247847859).jpg
Scientific classification edit
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]

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]

References

Further reading

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

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q14934578 entry