Aspidimorpha dorsata, commonly known as golden tortoise beetle or furcated tortoise beetle, is a species of leaf beetle widely distributed in Oriental region from Sri Lanka to South China towards Java, and Borneo.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
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Biology edit
After mating, the adult female lays about 150 eggs over a period of 70 to 80 days. Grub stage is about 8 to 9 days and the pupal stage is about 4 days.[7] The species use many Ipomoea species as the host plants.[8][9]
Host plants edit
- Argyreia hookeri
- Argyreia nervosa
- Calystegia
- Convolvulus nummularis
- Evolvulus alsinoides
- Ipomoea aquatica
- Ipomoea batatas
- Ipomoea cairica
- Ipomoea coccinea
- Ipomoea digitata
- Ipomoea excavata
- Ipomoea fistulosa
- Ipomoea hederacea
- Ipomoea hispida
- Ipomoea indica
- Ipomoea obscura
- Ipomoea palmata
- Ipomoea pestigridis
- Ipomoea pilosa
- Ipomoea tuberosa
- Ipomoea violacea
- Lettsomia elliptica
- Merremia emarginata
- Merremia tridentata
- Merremia umbellata
References edit
- ^ "Aspidimorpha furcata (tortoise beetle)". www.cabi.org. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
- ^ "Aspidimorpha furcata (Thunberg, 1789)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
- ^ "New records of Asian and Australopapuan tortoise beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)". Genus: Vol. 20(3), 435-484. Wroclaw, 15 X 2009. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
- ^ Agarwala, B. K.; Bhattacharjee, P. P. (2012-10-26). "Long-horned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) and Tortoise Beetles (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) of Tripura, northeastern India with some new additions". Journal of Threatened Taxa. pp. 3223–3227. doi:10.11609/JoTT.o2951.3223-7. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
- ^ "Species of Cassida Linné, 1758 described by Carl Peter Thunberg and their present status (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)" (PDF). Genus Vol. 19(2): 301-306 Wrocław, 31 VII 2008. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
- ^ "New records of Asian and Australopapuan Cassidinae, with a description of five new species of Cassida L. from Thailand (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)". Genus Vol. 12(4): 493-562 Wroc³aw, 28 XII 2001. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
- ^ "Biological studies on Aspidomorpha furcata Thunb. (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Coleoptera)". www.cabdirect.org. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
- ^ "Aspidimorpha furcata species page". THAILAND NATURE PROJECT. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
- ^ "Food plants of some Indian Cassidines (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". www.cabdirect.org. Retrieved 2021-09-21.