Chelymorpha marginata

Chelymorpha marginata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Chelymorpha
Species:
C. marginata
Binomial name
Chelymorpha marginata
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Cassida marginata Linnaeus, 1758
  • Cassida cincta De Geer, 1775
  • Cassida tuberculata Olivier, 1790
  • Cassida brunnea Fabricius, 1798

Chelymorpha marginata is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil (Amapá, Mato Grosso, Pará, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro), Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Paraguay, Suriname and Venezuela.

Life history

The recorded host plant is Ipomoea batatas.

References

  1. ↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved September 10, 2026.
  2. ↑ ITIS (2026). "Chelymorpha marginata at Catalogue of Life". Nicolson, D., Alexander, S., Hodson, A., Mitchell, D., Orrell, T., & Perez-Gelabert, D. The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (version 2026-05-27). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, C. Abreu, A. Acero P, et al., Catalogue of Life (2026-06-19 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved September 8, 2026.
  3. ↑ Mota, A. A.; Sekerka, L.; Jilg, J.; Arous, E.; Machado, R. J. P.; Simões, M. V. dos P. (2026). "Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Pernambuco, Brazil: New records, nomenclatural changes, and identification key of tribes". Papéis Avulsos De Zoologia. 66 (special 1). Retrieved September 8, 2026.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  4. ↑ Borowiec, Lech (1999). A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologicae Silesiae. ISBN 978-83-909804-4-7.