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title: "Golden Tortoise Beetle"
description: "Charidotella sexpunctata — Insects & spiders. Charidotella sexpunctata, the golden tortoise beetle, is a species of beetle in the leaf beetle family, Chrysomelidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/golden-tortoise-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Golden Tortoise Beetle

> Charidotella sexpunctata — Insects & spiders. Charidotella sexpunctata, the golden tortoise beetle, is a species of beetle in the leaf beetle family, Chrysomelidae.

- Scientific name: *Charidotella sexpunctata*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 9208
- Wikidata: [Q775222](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q775222)
- iNaturalist taxon: [133439](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/133439)

## Names

- en: Golden Tortoise Beetle
- es: Escarabajo tortuga de oro
- fr: Casside dorée

## Countries with the most observations

US (4989), CA (1210), MX (466), BR (236), AR (233), EC (72), CO (51), CR (47), GP (28), GF (24), VE (15), BO (12)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charidotella_sexpunctata

## Photo

![Golden Tortoise Beetle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/golden-tortoise-beetle/medium.jpg)

Photo: cgmayers · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/129204770

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/golden-tortoise-beetle?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).