Golden tortoise beetle
Scientific name: Charidotella sexpunctata (Fabricius, 1781)
Overview
Charidotella sexpunctata, the golden tortoise beetle, is a species of beetle in the leaf beetle family, Chrysomelidae. It is native to the Americas, and very broadly distributed. Charidotella sexpunctata in North America was formerly known as Metriona bicolor. The species has also been seen in regions reaching up to Argentina.
From the Wikipedia article “Charidotella sexpunctata”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where it lives
The Catalogue of Life records it in: Caribbean; Middle America; North America; South America.
Common names
Names in other languages (3)
- Arabic
- الخنفساء السلحفية الذهبية
- Chinese
- 黄金龟甲虫
- Persian
- سوسک لاکپشتی طلایی
Related animals
Sources
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Catalogue of Life — scientific name, classification, common names and range.
Version 2026-09-11, CC BY 4.0.
This species in the Catalogue of Life.
Citation
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n Source database: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- GBIF — species page and recorded occurrences.
- Wikidata — names in other languages. Q775222, CC0 1.0.
- Wikipedia — overview, from the article “Charidotella sexpunctata”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo — Ilona Loser, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
Last updated: 4 October 2026