Cassida nebulosa

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

Tortoise beetle
Adult
Larva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Chrysomelidae
Genus:
Cassida
Species:
C. nebulosa
Binomial name
Cassida nebulosa
Synonyms
  • Cassida affinis Fabricius, 1775
  • Cassida maculata Fabricius, 1775
  • Cassida tigrina De Geer, 1775

It feeds on several plants of the family Chenopodiaceae; particularly on beet Beta vulgaris, on Chenopodium album, on C. glaucum and on Atriplex hortensis.[1]

It is widely distributed in most of Europe.

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

Forrás: Tolnai Lexikon XIV. kötet 64 oldal. 1929


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