TY  - GEN
A1  - Flowers, R. Wills
A1  - Chaboo, Caroline S.
T1  - Natural history of the tortoise beetle, Discomorpha (Discomorpha) biplagiata (Guérin) (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Omocerini)
T2  - Insecta mundi : a journal of world insect systematics
N2  - The fi rst natural history account of Discomorpha (Discomorpha) biplagiata (Guérin) (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Omocerini) from Ecuador is presented. Larvae and adults feed on the leaves and stems of Cordia hebeclada Johnst. (Boraginaceae), the fi rst documented host plant for the species. Oviposition and pupation also occur on this host. Young larvae suffered heavy predation, especially from Ectatomma sp. (Formicidae: Ponerinae) and Oplomus nr. marginalis (Pentatomidae: Asopinae).
T3  - Insecta Mundi - 0439 
KW  - Ecuador
KW  - Cassidinae
KW  - Discomorpha
KW  - Cordia
KW  - larvae
KW  - fecal defense
Y1  - 2015
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/39688
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-396880
SN  - 1942-1354
SP  - 1
EP  - 10
PB  - Center for Systematic Entomology
CY  - Gainesville, Fla.
ER  -