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Species Cassida piperata

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Cassidinae (Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines)
Tribe Cassidini (Tortoise Beetles)
Genus Cassida
No Taxon (subgenus Cassida)
Species piperata (Cassida piperata)
Explanation of Names
Cassida piperata Hope 1842
piperata 'peppered'
Range
Native to East Asia (se. Russia to Vietnam and Philippines)(1)
Food
Amaranthaceae and Chenopodiaceae(1); may be common on beet crops (Lech Borowiec, pers.comm.)
Works Cited
1.Cassidinae of the world - an interactive manual (by Lech Borowiec and Jolanta Świętojańska)
Contributed by tom murray on 25 December, 2007 - 8:23am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 27 March, 2024 - 9:08pm

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