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Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga)
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Series Cucujiformia
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Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea)
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Pale Tortoise Beetle (Cassida flaveola)
Species
Cassida flaveola
- Pale Tortoise Beetle
Classification
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Explanation of Names
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Works Cited
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder
Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
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
Species
flaveola
(Pale Tortoise Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Cassida flaveola
Thunberg 1794
Range
Native to the entire Palaearctic Region
(
1
)
and probably native in NA
(
2
)
(
3
)
; transcontinental in Canada (NS-YT)
(
4
)
, also in ne. US (to MD & WI)
(
5
)
Food
hosts: various Caryophyllaceae
(
1
)
Life Cycle
described in
(
3
)
Works Cited
1.
Borowiec L. (200_-2013) Chrysomelidae: The leaf beetles of Europe and the Mediterranean subregion (checklist and iconography)
2.
Cassidinae of the world - an interactive manual (by Lech Borowiec and Jolanta Świętojańska)
3.
Introduced leaf beetles of the Maritime Provinces 7: Cassida rubiginosa Müller and Cassida flaveola Thunberg...
C.G. Majka & L. Lesage. 2008. Zootaxa 1811: 37–56.
4.
Bousquet Y., ed. (1991) Checklist of the beetles of Canada and Alaska
5.
The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.
Contributed by
v belov
on 24 May, 2009 - 11:34am
Additional contributions by
Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 26 April, 2012 - 3:12am