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Family: Chrysomelidae, Cassida circumdata
The Cassidinae (tortoise and leaf-mining beetles) are a subfamily of the leaf beetles, or Chrysomelidae. It includes both the former subfamily "Hispinae" (leaf-mining beetles), as well as the former more narrowly defined subfamily Cassidinae (familiar as tortoise beetles).
Agumbe lies in a rainforest region with a tropical climate, warm and humid. Under the Köppen system of climate classification Agumbe is an 'Am' climate, that is, a tropical monsoon climate.
Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, Cassidini, Cassida sp. and most probably Cassida circumdata.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/72145761@N...
http://indiabiodiversity.org/observation...
http://drkrishi.com/green-tortoise-beetl...
http://www.nbair.res.in/insectpests/Cass...
Spotted on Feb 28, 2017
Submitted on Feb 28, 2017
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