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State Record Data per Riley et al, 2003
Range: Charidotella sexpunctata is transcontinental and extends southward into South America.
Host: Convolvulaceae Family, primarily Ipomoea spp. (Clark et al, 2004)
Similar Species: There are seven species of Charidotella (in two subgenera) north of Mexico. (Riley et al, 2003)
Texas Taxa:
Charidotella emarginata (Boheman) - Arizona to Texas, south to Central America
Charidotella purpurata (Boheman) - Rocky Mountains eastward
Charidotella sexpunctata bicolor (Fabricius) - Widely distributed across North America, north of Mexico.
Charidotella sexpunctata sexpunctata (Fabricius) - Texas, Mexico, West Indies, Central and South America.
Charidotella succinea (Boheman) - Arizona to Colorado and Texas, south to Panama.
Weblinks:
Tortoise Beetle - TAMU
Charidotella (=Metriona) bicolor (Fabricius) - John Capinera, University of Florida
Photos:
Golden Tortoise Beetle - Charidotella sexpunctata - Lynette Schimming
Golden Tortoise Beetle Larva - Charidotella sexpunctata - Lynette Schimming
Biography: Johan Christian Fabricius (1745-1808), Danish botanist and entomologist - Wikipedia
References:
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Barber, H.S. 1916. A review of the North American tortoise beetles (Chrysomelidae; Cassidae). Proceedings of the Entomology Society of Washington 43:113-127.
Barrows, E.M., 1979. Life cycles, mating, and color change in tortoise beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Coleopterists Bulletin 33: 9–16.
Blackwelder, R. E., 1946. Checklist of the Coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America, part 4. Bull. Smithson. Inst. USNM, 185: 733-757.
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Clark, S.M., D.G. LeDoux, T.N. Seeno, E.G. Riley, A.J. Gilbert and J.M. Sullivan. 2004. Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae, Chrysomelidae exclusive of Bruchinae). Coleopterists Society, Special Publication no. 2, 476 pp.
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Orton, W.A. & F.H. Chittenden. 1917. Control of diseases and insect enemies of the home vegetable garden. USDA Farmer's Bull., 856: 1-72.
Riley, E.G. 1986. Review of the tortoise beetle genera of the tribe Cassidini occurring in America North of Mexico (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). J. New York Entomol. Soc., 94: 98-114.
Riley, E.G., Clark, S.M., Flowers, R.W., Gilbert, A.J., 2002. 124. Chrysomelidae Latreille 1802. Pp. 617-691. in: R.H. Arnett, M.C. Thomas, P.E. Skelley, J.H. Frank (editors) American Beetles, Volume 2, Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press, Boca Raton.
Riley, E.G., Clark, S.M., Gilbert, A.J., 2001. New records, nomenclatural changes, and taxonomic notes for select North American leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Insecta Mundi, 15: 1-17.
Riley, E.G., S.M. Clark, & T.N. Seeno. 2003. Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Coleopterists Society, Special Publication no. 1, 290 pp.
Riley, E.G. & W.R Enns. 1979. An annotated checklist of Missouri leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Trans. Missouri Acad. Scien., Biol. Scien., 13: 53-83.
Schaeffer, C. 1933. Notes on some Hispini and Cassidini and descriptions of new species (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Pan-Pacific Entomol., 9: 103-109.
Wilcox, J.A. 1975. Chrysomelidae. in: R.H. Arnett Jr., Checklist of the beetles of North and Central America and the West Indies. North American Beetle Fauna Series. Flora & Fauna Publications, Gainesville, 166 pp.
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