Cassida nebulosa

Cassida nebulosa
	Adult
	Larva
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
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.^[1]

It is widely distributed in most of Europe.

References

Forrás: Tolnai Lexikon XIV. kötet 64 oldal. 1929

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