Cassida obtusata

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Cassida obtusata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Cassida
Species:
C. obtusata
Binomial name
Cassida obtusata
(Boheman, 1854)

Cassida obtusata, is a species of leaf beetle widespread in Oriental region from Sri Lanka to China towards Sumatra and the Philippines. [1] [2] [3]

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Distribution

It if found in Cambodia, Sri Lanka, China, Japan, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. [4]

Biology

Adults have been observed from several plants such as, Amaranthus , Citrus and Passiflora edulis . [4]

References

  1. "New records of Asian and Australopapuan Cassidinae, with a description of five new species of Cassida L. from Thailand (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)". Genus Vol. 12(4): 493-562 Wroc³aw, 28 XII 2001. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  2. "Cassida obtusata". www.cabi.org. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  3. Nasution, Syafruddin (2016-04-12). "Species Richness And Abundance Of Bivalvia And Gastropoda (Molluscs) In Mangrove Forest Of Dumai City, Riau Province" . Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  4. 1 2 "New distributional records of Cassida obtusata Boheman, 1854 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) from Kuroshima Is. and Iriomote-jima Is., the Yaeyama Isls., southwestern Japan". Elytra, To k y o, New Series, 9 (1): 149–150. Retrieved 2021-09-23.