Chiridopsis scalaris (lat.) - a species of the Shield beetle ( Cassidini ) from the leaf beetle family [2] .
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Spread
South and Southeast Asia : Andaman Islands, Burma , Vietnam , India , Indonesia (Borneo, Sumatra, Java), China , Laos , Malaysia , Thailand , Philippines [3] .
Description
The body is oval in shape, flattened, yellowish-sand color with black spots on the dorsal side of the body. The head is not visible from above, as it is covered by pronotum. Herbivorous group, feed on plants of various species, including those from the family of Convolvulaceae ( Convolvulaceae ): Ipomoea sp., Pharbitis sp. [3] [4] .
Notes
- ↑ Weber, F., 1801. Observationes entomologicae, continents novorum quae condidit generum characteres, et nuper detectarum specierum descriptiones. Kiliae, 12 + 117 pp.
- ↑ Chrysomelidae in Synopsis of Coleoptera of the World 13th December 2008
- ↑ 1 2 Lech Borowiec. Chiridopsis scalaris (Weber, 1801) (English) . Cassidinae of the world - an interactive manual (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) . Biol.uni.wroc.pl (2013). The appeal date is April 28, 2013. Archived May 2, 2013.
- ↑ Borowiec, L., 1999. A world catalog of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologica Silesiae, Wrocław, 476 pp.