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Beetles of Zihuatanejo

ORDER COLEOPTERA

Microrhopala pulchella
Microrhopala pulchella

-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)

-Genus Microrhopala

-Microrhopala pulchella


Microrhopala pulchella is a species of beetle within the subfamily Cassidinae, which includes tortoise and hispine beetles. The adults primarily feed on the leaves of various plants, particularly those in the Asteraceae family (the daisy family) and other herbaceous plants.

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