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Cassida nebulosa

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Species of beetle

Cassida nebulosa
Adult
Larva
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Cassida
Species: C. nebulosa
Binomial name
Cassida nebulosa
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Cassida affinis Fabricius, 1775
  • Cassida maculata Fabricius, 1775
  • Cassida tigrina De Geer, 1775

Cassida nebulosa is a tortoise beetle, a species of leaf beetle (family Chrysomelidae), belonging to the subfamily Cassidinae.

It feeds on several plants of the family Chenopodiaceae; particularly on beet Beta vulgaris, on Chenopodium album, on C. glaucum and on Atriplex hortensis.

It is widely distributed in most of Europe.

References

  1. "Cassida nebulosa Linnaeus, 1758". Biolib. Retrieved 25 January 2011.

External links

Forrás: Tolnai Lexikon XIV. kötet 64 oldal. 1929

Taxon identifiers
Cassida nebulosa


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