Gratiana (beetle)

Gratiana
Gratiana pallidula
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Cassidinae
Tribe: Cassidini
Genus:
Spaeth, 1913

Gratiana is a genus of tortoise beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about seven described species in Gratiana.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Gratiana:

  • Gratiana boliviana Spaeth, 1926 i c g b (tropical soda apple leaf beetle)
  • Gratiana conformis (Boheman, 1854) i c g
  • Gratiana graminea (Klug, 1829) i c g
  • Gratiana insculpta (Boheman, 1855) i c g
  • Gratiana lutescens (Boheman, 1854) i c g
  • Gratiana pallidula (Boheman, 1854) i c g b (eggplant tortoise beetle)
  • Gratiana spadicea (Klug, 1829) i c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Gratiana Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  2. ^ a b "Browse Gratiana". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  3. ^ a b "Gratiana". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  4. ^ a b "Gratiana Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  5. ^ Staines, C.L. "Catalog of the hispines of the World". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  6. ^ "North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". Texas Entomology. Retrieved 2018-05-06.

Further reading

  • Media related to Gratiana at Wikimedia Commons