Cassida flaveola

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Cassida flaveola
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Cassida
Species:
C. flaveola
Binomial name
Cassida flaveola
Thunberg, 1794
Synonyms
  • Cassida obsoletaIlliger, 1798
  • Cassida pallidaPaykull, 1799
  • Cassida exsculptaCharpentier, 1825
  • Cassida kusnetzoviMatis, 1974

Cassida flaveola, also known as the pale tortoise beetle, [1] is a brownish coloured beetle in the leaf beetle family. [2]

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Distribution

The beetle is found in the Palearctic realm, east up to the Russian Far East. [3]

Ecology

The host plants are Caryophyllaceae species, including Cerastium vulgatum , Honckenya peploides , Malachium aquaticum , Spergula arvensis , Spergula nemorum , Stellaria graminea and Stellaria media . [3]

References

  1. ↑ Common name
  2. ↑ Colour
  3. 1 2 "Distribution". Archived from the original on 2012-07-24. Retrieved 2012-04-14.


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