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Beetles of Zihuatanejo

ORDER COLEOPTERA

Tortoise Beetles (Unknown Species)
Cassidini​ (Tribe)

-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)e)inae)

-Tribe Cassidini


Cassidini is a tribe of beetles within the family Chrysomelidae, commonly known as Tortoise Beetles. This group of beetles is characterized by their distinctive, rounded, and often dome-shaped appearance, resembling a tortoise shell. Adults primarily feed on the leaves of various plants, often preferring species within the Asteraceae and Fabaceae families.

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