Gratiana pallidula

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.[1][2][3]

Gratiana pallidula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Gratiana
Species:
G. pallidula
Binomial name
Gratiana pallidula
(Boheman, 1854)

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.[4]

References
  1. "Gratiana pallidula Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. "Gratiana pallidula". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. "Species Gratiana pallidula - Eggplant Tortoise Beetle - BugGuide.Net". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2020-07-30.

Further reading
  • 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.


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