Gratiana pallidula, the eggplant tortoise beetle, is a species of tortoise beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Adult: in most live individuals, pronotum light green, elytra light golden brown with explanate, transparent margins; color of dead specimens mostly medium brown with lighter brownish-yellow margins; body oblong; elytral margins almost parallel-sided for more than half of their length; elytral disc with many small surface pits arranged in several longitudinal rows.
Larva: may be at least partly green, and carry a fecal shield above its back.[1]