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Small Tortoise Beetle

Cassida piperata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in China.January 8, February 9, March 9, April 11, May 18, June 21, July 24, August 8, September 6, October 6, November 2, December 11.
United States638
China133
Maryland94
Virginia93
New York86
Pennsylvania64
Massachusetts60
New Jersey40
North Carolina38
Beijing Municipality36

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
GenusShiny Tortoise Beetles · Cassida

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