Notosacantha rufa
[Tortoise Beetle]
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Classification: | Kingdom: Animalia | Phylum: Arthropoda | Class: Insecta | Order: Coleoptera | Family: Chrysomelidae | Genus: Notosacantha |

This beetle feeds on the leaf of Ilex cymosa. The picture below showed the damage done to the leaf surface (stripe-like features to the left) and a beetle (on the right).

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