Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter
Project Noah

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Tortoise Beetle.

Charidotis auroguttata.

Spotting Image 1
  • photo 1
  • photo
  • photo

Notes:

Family: Chrysomelidae- Sub family: Cassidinae.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Noah Ranger +1
bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago
Tortoise Beetle
Charidotis auroguttata BOLD Systems: Taxonomy Browser - Charidotis auroguttata {species}


Sign in to suggest organism ID

3 Comments

Noah Ranger
bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, Charidotis auroguttata. Host plant actually is Dolichandra unguis-cati!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolichandra...

DB
DB 10 years ago

Thank you Lauren for your nice comment!

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Amazing little Stained Glass Beauty!

Sign in to comment
DB
Spotted by
DB

Salta, Salta, Argentina

Spotted on Dec 7, 2013
Submitted on Dec 7, 2013

Spotted for Missions

Related Spottings

Crowned golden tortoise beetle Tortoise beetle Golden tortoise beetle Ringed tortoise beetle

Nearby Spottings

Flower Crab spider. March Fly Great Southern White. Assassin Bug.

Tags

tortoise beetle salta argentina charidotis auroguttata
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team