''Coptocycla texana'', the anacua tortoise beetle, is a species of
tortoise beetle in the
family
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Chrysomelidae
The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making up one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle ...
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[ It is found in Central America and North America.][
This ]monophagous
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beetle feeds entirely on the leaves of the anacua ('' Ehretia anacua'').
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Cassidinae
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Beetles described in 1933
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