Cassida nebulosa

Cassida nebulosa
Adult
Larva
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
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

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.

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