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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Coptocycla |
| Species: | C. texana
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| Coptocycla texana (Schaeffer, 1933)
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This monophagous beetle feeds entirely on the leaves of the anacua (Ehretia anacua).[7]
References
edit- ^ a b "Coptocycla texana Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- ^ "Coptocycla texana species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- ^ "Coptocycla texana". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- ^ "Coptocycla texana Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- ^ Staines, C.L. "Catalog of the Hispines of the World". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- ^ "North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". Texas Entomology. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- ^ 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
edit- 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.