Geiger Tree Tortoise Beetle
Physonota calochroma
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
formerly Physonota calochroma floridensis
Size
8-11 mm
Identification
live adults are brilliant lime green with a black spot in the middle of the pronotum; dead museum specimens are dull yellow to cream-colored - very different from live animals
Range
Florida: from Palm Beach to Key West
Food
feeds on the Geiger Tree (Cordia sebestena)
Remarks
First placed in the genus Eurypepla by Blake in 1966; listed under that genus by Borowiec in his World Catalog of Cassidinae in 1999.
formerly Physonota calochroma floridensis
Size
8-11 mm
Identification
live adults are brilliant lime green with a black spot in the middle of the pronotum; dead museum specimens are dull yellow to cream-colored - very different from live animals
Range
Florida: from Palm Beach to Key West
Food
feeds on the Geiger Tree (Cordia sebestena)
Remarks
First placed in the genus Eurypepla by Blake in 1966; listed under that genus by Borowiec in his World Catalog of Cassidinae in 1999.