Laccoptera nepalensis Archives - Singapore Geographic https://www.singaporegeographic.com/tag/laccoptera-nepalensis Singapore Biodiversity, List of Wild Animals, Insect, Nature Article that has been recorded in Singapore. Fri, 23 Apr 2021 12:03:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 135464637 Tortoise Beetle – Laccoptera nepalensis https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/beetle/tortoise-beetle-laccoptera-nepalensis?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tortoise-beetle-laccoptera-nepalensis https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/beetle/tortoise-beetle-laccoptera-nepalensis#respond Thu, 18 Mar 2021 10:29:28 +0000 https://www.singaporegeographic.com/?p=4459 Laccoptera is a genus of beetles in the family Chrysomelidae . The genus was first scientifically described by Carl Henrik Boheman in 1855 Scientific name: Laccoptera nepalensis The Cassidinae are a subfamily of the leaf beetles, or Chrysomelidae. The antennae arise close to each other and some members have the pronotal and elytral edges extended to the side and covering the legs so as […]

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Scientific name: Laccoptera nepalensis

The Cassidinae are a subfamily of the leaf beetles, or Chrysomelidae. The antennae arise close to each other and some members have the pronotal and elytral edges extended to the side and covering the legs so as to give them the common name of tortoise beetles. Wikipedia

Spotted at Green corridor – March 2021

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