The Tortoise Beetles Of Florida IV, Metriona bicolor (Fab.)

Tagged as: Chrysomelidae, Coleoptera

(Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Issue No. 164
Robert E. Woodruff
February, 1976

The Tortoise Beetles Of Florida IV, Metriona bicolor (fab.)

Introduction

In Entomology Circulars 35, 155, and 163, I treated 3 other Florida tortoise beetles (Woodruff, 1965, 1975, 1976). The present species, Metriona bicolor (Fab.), is probably the most commonly encountered species in the state and is often of some economic importance on sweet potato.

Circulars