Cassida nebulosa
| Tortoise beetle | |
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| Nymph | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Cassida |
| Species: | C. nebulosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Cassida nebulosa Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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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 Chenopodiaceae family; 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
- ↑ "Cassida nebulosa Linnaeus, 1758". Biolib. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
External links
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