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Mottled Tortoise Beetle

Deloyala guttata

6,345 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 19, February 19, March 30, April 59, May 114, June 126, July 54, August 36, September 38, October 31, November 20, December 17.
United States4,436
Canada881
Ontario478
Texas477
Virginia437
New York420
Maryland395
Ohio231
Quebec223
North Carolina198

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
GenusDeloyala

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