Argus tortoise beetle
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any of several turtle-shaped leaf beetles, as chelymorpha c-ssidea (argus tortoise beetle or milkweed tortoise beetle) which resembles the ladybird beetle and feeds primarily on bindweed and milkweed.
noun
a metallic-coloured leaf beetle of the genus c-ssida, in which the elytra and terga cover the body like a sh-ll
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