Cassida canaliculata

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Cassida canaliculata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Cassida
Species:
C. canaliculata
Binomial name
Cassida canaliculata
Synonyms
  • Cassida canaliculataLaicharting, 1781
  • Cassida speciosaBrahm, 1790
  • Cassida austriacaFabricus, 1792
  • Cassida graminisSuffrian, 1844
  • Cassida immutabilisSuffrian, 1844
  • Cassida austriaca var. illyrica Boheman, 1854

Cassida canaliculata is a species of beetle in the leaf beetle family, that can be found in Central, West and Eastern Europe, as well as the Caucasus, Turkey, West Kazakhstan and North Italy. [1]

Habitat

The species feeds on plants in the family Lamiaceae, such as Salvia pratensis and Salvia verticillata . [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Cassida canaliculata Laicharting, 1781". Biol.uni.wroc.pl. Archived from the original on July 24, 2012. Retrieved April 14, 2012.