Coptocycla texana

Coptocycla texana, the anacua tortoise beetle, is a species of tortoise beetle in the family Chrysomelidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in Central America and North America.[1][5][6]

Coptocycla texana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Coptocycla
Species:
C. texana
Binomial name
Coptocycla texana
(Schaeffer, 1933)

This monophagous beetle feeds entirely on the leaves of the anacua (Ehretia anacua).[7]

References
  1. "Coptocycla texana Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  2. "Coptocycla texana species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  3. "Coptocycla texana". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  4. "Coptocycla texana Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  5. Staines, C.L. "Catalog of the Hispines of the World". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  6. "North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". Texas Entomology. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  7. Taber, Stephen Welton; Scott B. Fleenor (2005). Invertebrates of Central Texas Wetlands. Texas Tech University Press. pp. 147–148. ISBN 978-0-89672-550-8.

Further reading
  • 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.


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