Gratiana pallidula
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Gratiana |
| Species: | G. pallidula
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| Gratiana pallidula (Boheman, 1854)
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Gratiana pallidula, the eggplant tortoise beetle, is a species of tortoise beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Central America and North America.[1][2][3]
Adult: in most live individuals, pronotum light green, elytra light golden brown with explanate, transparent margins; color of dead specimens mostly medium brown with lighter brownish-yellow margins; body oblong; elytral margins almost parallel-sided for more than half of their length; elytral disc with many small surface pits arranged in several longitudinal rows.
Larva: may be at least partly green, and carry a fecal shield above its back.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gratiana pallidula Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Gratiana pallidula". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Gratiana pallidula species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Species Gratiana pallidula - Eggplant Tortoise Beetle - BugGuide.Net". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
Further reading
[edit]- Borowiec, Lech (1999). A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologicae Silesiae. ISBN 978-83-909804-4-7.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.
External links
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