Deloyala guttata explained

Deloyala guttata, the mottled tortoise beetle, is a species of tortoise beetle in the family Chrysomelidae.^{[1] [2]} It is found in the Caribbean, Central America, North America, and South America.^{[2] [3] [4]} Larva carry shields made from exuviae and frass on their abdomen that they lift to shield their dorsum from predators.^[5]

Further reading

• Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida .
• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
• Borowiec, Lech (1999). A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), 476.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
• Riley, Edward G., Shawn M. Clark, and Terry N. Seeno (2003). "Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae)". Coleopterists Society Special Publication no. 1, 290.
• White, Richard E. (1968). A Review of the Genus Cryptocephalus in America North of Mexico. Smithsonian Institution Press.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Deloyala guttata Species Information. BugGuide.net. 2018-02-04.
2. Web site: Deloyala guttata Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-02-04.
3. Web site: North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae). Texas Entomology. Mike Quinn. 2018-02-04.
4. Web site: Staines C.L. (2011). "Catalog of the hispines of the World".. Smithsonian Institution. 2018-02-04.
5. Olmstead . Karen L. . Denno . Robert F. . Effectiveness of Tortoise Beetle Larval Shields Against Different Predator Species . Ecology . 1993 . 74 . 5 . 1394–1405 . 10.2307/1940069 . 1940069 . 1993Ecol...74.1394O . 13 May 2022 . 0012-9658.