Neochlamisus is a genus of leaf beetles in the tribe Fulcidacini (the warty leaf beetles). They are members of the case-bearing leaf beetle group, the Camptosomata. Measuring 3–4 millimeters in length as adults, they are cryptic, superficially resembling caterpillar frass.

The Fulcidacini, sometimes known as the warty leaf beetles, are a tribe within the leaf beetle subfamily Cryptocephalinae, [1] though historically they were often treated as a distinct subfamily, Chlamisinae. 11 genera with altogether about 400 species are currently placed here; some four-fifths of the species are found in the Neotropics, but ...

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The Fulcidacini are a tribe within the leaf beetle subfamily Cryptocephalinae, though historically they were often treated as a distinct subfamily, Chlamisinae. 11 genera with altogether about 400 species are currently placed here; some four-fifths of the species are found in the Neotropics, but the rest is distributed over all other continents ...

Chlamisus, sometimes known as the cloaked warty leaf beetles, is a genus of warty leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are more than 90 described species in Chlamisus. [1][2][3]

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These remarkable beetles have two primary defenses. One is that they resemble caterpillar droppings, so that predators often overlook them.

Apr 28, 2009 · The Fulcidacini (i.e. the Chlamisinae/-ini of most studies, or warty leaf beetles; Chamorro-Lacayo & Konstantinov, 2009) is a relatively small pantropical tribe of Cryptocephalinae, with some...

The beetle, possibly Neochlamisus, is about 2 mm in length and was found on foliage of Canyon Ragweed. In this close view the abundant leaf trichomes (hairs) are visible. This pubescence plays complex rolls in the interactions between the plant, herbivores like this beetle, hymenopterous parasitoids and the ambient air flows.

These beetles are certainly unremarkable for their size or coloration but the “set-up” shot below attempts to illustrate what is amazing about warty leaf beetles.