Gratiana (beetle) explained

Gratiana is a genus of tortoise beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about seven described species in Gratiana.

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Gratiana:

• Gratiana boliviana Spaeth, 1926

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• Gratiana conformis (Boheman, 1854)

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• Gratiana graminea (Klug, 1829)

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• Gratiana insculpta (Boheman, 1855)

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• Gratiana lutescens (Boheman, 1854)

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• Gratiana pallidula (Boheman, 1854)

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• Gratiana spadicea (Klug, 1829)

^{i c g}Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Annotated list of the leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Kentucky: Subfamily Cassidinae. 2007. Barney . R. J.. Clark . S. M.. Riley . E. G.. Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science. 68. 2. 132–144. 10.3101/1098-7096(2007)68[132:ALOTLB]2.0.CO;2. 198148537.
• Book: A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). 1999. Borowiec . Lech. Biologicae Silesiae. 978-83-909804-4-7.
• Book: Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). 2003. Riley . Edward G.. Clark . Shawn M.. Seeno . Terry N.. The Coleopterists' Society. Special Publication No. 1. 978-0-9726087-1-8.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. 2013. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-26091-7.