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Beetles of Zihuatanejo

ORDER COLEOPTERA

Brachycoryna pumila
Brachycoryna pumila

-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Beetles (Order Coleoptera​​)

-​Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf, and Snout Beetles (Suborder Polyphaga)

-​Cucujiform Beetles (Infraorder Cucujiformia)

-Leaf Beetles and Allies (Superfamily Chrysomeloidea)

-Leaf Beetles Family (Chrysomelidae)

-Tortoise and Hispine Beetles (Subfamily Cassidinae)ssidinae)

-Genus Brachycoryna

-Brachycoryna pumila


Brachycoryna pumila is indeed a member of the subfamily Cassidinae, which includes tortoise and hispine beetles. This subfamily is part of the family Chrysomelidae. As a member of the Cassidinae subfamily, Brachycoryna pumila feeds primarily on the leaves of various plants, particularly those in the Asteraceae family (the daisy family) and other herbaceous plants.

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