Jonthonota nigripes (Olivier, 1790) is a animal in the Chrysomelidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Jonthonota nigripes (Olivier, 1790)

Jonthonota nigripes (Olivier, 1790)

Jonthonota nigripes, the blacklegged tortoise beetle, is a tortoise beetle species found in Central and North America.

Family
Genus
Jonthonota
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Jonthonota nigripes (Olivier, 1790)

Jonthonota nigripes, commonly known as the blacklegged tortoise beetle, is a species of tortoise beetle that belongs to the leaf beetle family Chrysomelidae. This species occurs in Central America and North America.

Photo: (c) Mike Quinn, San Marcos, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mike Quinn, San Marcos · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Jonthonota

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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