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Small Orange Tortoise Beetle

Charidotella purpurata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Quebec.January 3, February 3, March 4, April 10, May 19, June 24, July 11, August 10, September 9, October 7, November 4, December 4.
United States490
Canada325
Quebec97
New York96
Ontario91
Nova Scotia50
Ohio44
Pennsylvania37
Saskatchewan37
Massachusetts34

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilyLeaf Beetles · Chrysomelidae
GenusCharidotella

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