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EENY232: Palmetto Tortoise Beetle, Florida Tortoise Beetle (unofficial common names), Hemisphaerota cyanea (Say), (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)

Figure 7. Saw palmetto, Serenoa repens (Arecaceae), a host of the Florida tortoise beetle, Hemisphaerota cyanea (Say).