Laccoptera quatuordecimnotata

Laccoptera (Laccopteroidea) quatuordecimnotata, is a species of leaf beetle native to India, and Sri Lanka.

[2] Both adult and the final instars are voracious plant eaters, that feed on upper and lower surfaces of leaf lamina.

Eggs are covered in a transparent egg-case which is bound with feceal threads.

Final instar grub has a flat and obovate body and is about 12 mm long.

It bears a large triangular mass of feces on the cast skins of the preceding four larval instars.