-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)

-Tribe Ischyrosonychini

-Genus Physonota

-Wild Olive Tortoise Beetle (Physonota alutacea)

The Wild Olive Tortoise Beetle (Physonota alutacea) is a species of leaf beetle in the subfamily Cassidinae (tortoise beetles and hispines) within the family Chrysomelidae. This species is notable for its close association with wild olive plants and its distinctive, tortoise-like appearance.