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More than 2200 species of the wild flora and fauna photographed in Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico and the surrounding area.
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Beetles of Zihuatanejo
ORDER COLEOPTERA
Hilarocassis Tortoise Beetle
Hilarocassis exclamationis
-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)
-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)
-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)
-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)
-Tribe Mesomphaliini
-Genus Hilarocassis
-Hilarocassis exclamationis
Hilarocassis exclamationis, commonly known as the exclamation mark leaf beetle, is a species belonging to the family Chrysomelidae. Both adults and larvae of Hilarocassis exclamationis feed on the leaves of a variety of Asteraceae plants.

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