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Thanks Micheal for the additional infos!
Thank you Michael Geiser for the new id & info, i have updated accordingly..
The two groups "cassidines" and "hispines" are now treated together as one subfamily, Cassidinae. That's because the typical "tortoise beetle shape" evolved several times independantly. The typical Old-World hispines with spines all over their elytra (Hispa, Dactylispa, Dicladispa, Platypria etc.) are all in the tribe Hispini.So it's Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, Hispini, Dactylispa sp.
Michael can you tell me the actual taxonomy of these beetle. Chrysomelidae and Hispinae or Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae and Hispini??
The subfamily is right. But as the antennae are clearly 11-segmented (not 9-segmented) it is certainly not Platypria. It's a species of the related genus Dactylispa.
Wow, I'd only seen smooth Leaf miners before. This one is very cool!
Thanks a lot Martin!
Spotted on May 2, 2014 Submitted on May 9, 2014
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