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Chelymorpha costaricensis
Red tortoise beetle with black spots
Spotted on May 30, 2014
Submitted on May 30, 2014
2 Comments
Thanks Michael!! It's nice to get help from people that knows their stuff! I will change te ID!
I don't think it is Chelymorpha phytophagica, because that species lives further North (SE United States). However, the ID is not far off. I think it's one of the other species of Chelymorpha with "hairy" elytra, of which five are recorded from Costa Rica and nearby countries:
C. comata, gressoria, costaricensis, sericea and pubescens.
Photos can be found here:
http://www.biol.uni.wroc.pl/cassidae/kat...