Dicladispa testacea
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| Dicladispa testacea | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Dicladispa |
| Species: | D. testacea |
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| Dicladispa testacea (Linnaeus, 1767) | |
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Dicladispa testacea, also known as the prickly rockrose leaf beetle is a species of leaf beetle.
Dicladispa testacea is a brownish orange beetle, with an exoskeleton covered in black spines. Mature individuals can reach a length of around 5mm long.[1] This species produces yellowish-white, oval-shaped eggs. The female beetle bores a hole into the underside of a host plant leaf, where it will then lay up to two eggs.[2] The larvae of Dicladispa testacea are herbivorous, feeding on the leaves of the host plant and producing leaf mines.[3][2]