Aspidimorpha furcata

{{Short description|Species of beetle}}

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| image = Aspidomorpha Cassidinae.jpg

| taxon = Aspidimorpha furcata

| authority = (Thunberg, 1789)

| synonyms = * Aspidimorpha indica Boheman, 1854

  • Aspidomorpha indica (Boheman, 1775)
  • Cassida furcata Thunberg, 1789

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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.{{Cite web |title=Aspidimorpha furcata (tortoise beetle) |url=https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/7517 |access-date=2021-09-21 |website=www.cabi.org}}{{Cite web |title=Aspidimorpha furcata (Thunberg, 1789) |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/6274763 |access-date=2021-09-21 |website=www.gbif.org |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=New records of Asian and Australopapuan tortoise beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268345172 |access-date=2021-09-21 |website=Genus: Vol. 20(3), 435-484. Wroclaw, 15 X 2009}}{{Cite journal |last1=Agarwala |first1=B. K. |last2=Bhattacharjee |first2=P. P. |date=2012-10-26 |title=Long-horned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) and Tortoise Beetles (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) of Tripura, northeastern India with some new additions |url=https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/818 |access-date=2021-09-21 |journal=Journal of Threatened Taxa |volume=4 |issue=13 |pages=3223–3227 |language=en |doi=10.11609/JoTT.o2951.3223-7}}{{Cite web |title=Species of Cassida Linné, 1758 described by Carl Peter Thunberg and their present status (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271585858 |access-date=2021-09-21 |website=Genus Vol. 19(2): 301-306 Wrocław, 31 VII 2008}}{{Cite web |title=New records of Asian and Australopapuan Cassidinae, with a description of five new species of Cassida L. from Thailand (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/239277543 |access-date=2021-09-21 |website=Genus Vol. 12(4): 493-562 Wroc³aw, 28 XII 2001}}

Biology

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.{{Cite web |title= Biological studies on Aspidomorpha furcata Thunb. (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Coleoptera). |url=https://www.cabdirect.org/?target=%2fcabdirect%2fabstract%2f19810586722 |access-date=2021-09-21 |website=www.cabdirect.org}} The species use many Ipomoea species as the host plants.{{Cite web |title=Aspidimorpha furcata species page |url=http://www.thailandnatureproject.com/aspidimorpha-furcata.html |access-date=2021-09-21 |website=THAILAND NATURE PROJECT |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Food plants of some Indian Cassidines (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). |url=https://www.cabdirect.org/?target=%2fcabdirect%2fabstract%2f20043173806 |access-date=2021-09-21 |website=www.cabdirect.org}}

Host plants

References

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Category:Cassidinae

Category:Insects of Sri Lanka

Category:Beetles described in 1787

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