Aspidimorpha
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Aspidimorpha sanctaecrucis (photo taken in Imphal) | |
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Genus: | Aspidimorpha Hope, 1840
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Aspidomorpha Agassiz, 1848 (Lapsus calami) |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Aspidomorpha_miliaris_%28Fabricius%2C_1775%29.jpg/220px-Aspidomorpha_miliaris_%28Fabricius%2C_1775%29.jpg)
Aspidomorpha miliaris.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Tortoise_beetle_%28Aspidimorpha_togata_ab_praevisa%29_1.jpg/220px-Tortoise_beetle_%28Aspidimorpha_togata_ab_praevisa%29_1.jpg)
Aspidimorpha togata
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Aspidimorpha_deusta_%2816154247109%29.jpg/220px-Aspidimorpha_deusta_%2816154247109%29.jpg)
Aspidimorpha deusta, larva.
Aspidimorpha is a large Old World genus of beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae; there are some 200 species. The genus name is frequently misspelled as "Aspidomorpha", due to an unjustified spelling change in 1848.[1]
Selected species[]
- Aspidimorpha deusta
- Aspidimorpha dorsata
- Aspidimorpha furcata
- Aspidimorpha miliaris
- Aspidimorpha quadrimaculata
- Aspidimorpha quinquefasciata
- Aspidimorpha sanctaecrucis
(Incomplete list)
Notes[]
- ^ "Aspidimorpha Hope1840". Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer (UBIO). Retrieved 27 December 2017.
References[]
- Borowiec, Lech; Świętojańska, Jolanta. "Genus: Aspidimorpha Hope, 1840". Cassidinae of the world - an interactive manual. Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wroclaw.
- "Aspidimorpha Hope, 1840". BioLib.
Categories:
- Cassidinae
- Chrysomelidae genera
- Cassidinae stubs