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Beetles of Zihuatanejo

ORDER COLEOPTERA

Cloaked Warty Leaf Beetles
Chlamisus (Genus)

-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)​​

-Case-bearing Leaf Beetles (Subfamily Cryptocephalinae)

-Warty Leaf Beetles (Tribe Fulcidacini)

-Cloaked Warty Leaf Beetles (Genus Chlamisus)


Chlamisus is a genus in the Chrysomelidae family, commonly known as leaf beetles. These beetles are particularly distinctive because of their humped, often camouflaged exoskeleton, which resembles leaf debris or bark, providing excellent camouflage against predators. Larvae: Larvae feed on the leaves of host plants, where they create small shelters by folding or cutting leaf edges to protect themselves as they develop.

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