Helocassis clavata clavata
Classification
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Coleoptera
- Suborder: Polyphaga
- Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
- Family: Chrysomelidae
- Subfamily: Cassidinae
- Tribe: Cassidini
- Genus: Helocassis
- Species: clavata
- Subspecies: clavata
Pronunciation
How to pronounce Helocassis clavata clavata: /hɛloʊˈkæsɪs kləˈvɑːtə kləˈvɑːtə/
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Summary
Helocassis clavata clavata, classified under the family Chrysomelidae and often treated as a junior synonym of Plagiometriona, is a tortoise beetle found in North America, specifically from Arizona to Mexico and Central America.
Distribution
North America to Arizona, Mexico, and Central America
Evolution
Helocassis clavata has sometimes been classified under a separate genus, but is treated as a junior synonym of Plagiometriona by North American researchers.
Similar Taxa
- Plagiometriona ambigena
- Plagiometriona bremei
- Plagiometriona buqueti
- Plagiometriona clavata
- Plagiometriona costaricensis
- Plagiometriona crucipennis
- Plagiometriona diffusa
- Plagiometriona distorta
- Plagiometriona dodonea
- Plagiometriona dorsosignata
- Plagiometriona flavescens
- Plagiometriona flexuosa
- Plagiometriona forcipata
- Plagiometriona gibbifera
- Plagiometriona herbea
- Plagiometriona latemarginata
- Plagiometriona losi
- Plagiometriona moesta
- Plagiometriona paleacea
- Plagiometriona palmeirensis
- Plagiometriona ramosa
- Plagiometriona sahlbergi
- Plagiometriona stillata
- Plagiometriona tenella
- Plagiometriona tortuguilla
- Plagiometriona tredecimguttata
- Plagiometriona vigens
- Plagiometriona zelleri
Tags
- beetle
- Chrysomelidae
- tortoise beetle
- Helocassis
- North America