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Tortoise Shell Leaf Beetle

Description:

Yellowish Tortoise Shell beetle with brown spots. This one has the 4 "turtle leg" coloring on the clear edges of the elytra. About 5 mm long. Family Chrysomelidae.

Habitat:

Heavy shrubbery along the highway between San Cristobal de Las Casas and Tuxtla Gutierrez, km 11.5, 865 meters.

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LaurenZarate
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LaurenZarate

Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico

Spotted on Aug 2, 2013
Submitted on Aug 11, 2013

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