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Metriona catenata

Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Cassidinae
Genus: Metriona
Species:Metriona catenata Boh.
Photographed specimen:
Remarks: Het zwartgroene schildpadtorretje van Convolvulacee?n, 5mm lang (larven: fig. 446c)
Identified by: G.E. Bryant ,
Collected by: Dr. C. Franssen 22.02.1930
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Miscellaneous information: JAVA. Buitenzorg 300m. Recorded from Ipomeoa batalas
Dari daoen oebi ketella. Bogor 22.2.30. Dr. C. Franssen
Metriona catenata Bol. Det. G.E. Bryant.
No.3
Specimen deposited in National Natural History Museum 'Naturalis', Leiden, the Netherlands


Ecology and Economy
Ecological notes: "Recorded from Ipomeoa batalas ""Dari daoen oebi ketella"""
Agricultural role: Voedselplanten zijn bataat, kangkung en einige niet geidentificeerde soorten van genoemde familie (Convolvulacee?n)
Management: No information available

Literature:
  • Kalshoven, L.G.E., 1950-195. De plagen van de kultuurgewassen in Indonesie. Den Haag-Bandung.