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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines (Cassidinae) » Tortoise Beetles (Cassidini) » Cassida » Cassida relicta

Species Cassida relicta

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Works Cited
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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 relicta (Cassida relicta)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cassida relicta Spaeth, 1927
Range
TX-MI-ND - Map (1)(2), most records c. TX to OK
Season
Mar-July in TX (BG data)
Food
on Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella and other spp., Asteraceae) (3)
Print References
Riley, E.G. 1986. Notes on Cassida relicta, a tortoise beetle endemic to North america, with a key to Nearctic species of Cassida (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Entomological News 97(4): 141-146. (4)
Spaeth, F. 1927. Ueber eine den paläarktischen Arten nahe verwandte neue nordamerykanische Cassida (Cassida relicta). Koleopter. Rundsch., 13: 113-114.
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada
Clark et al. 2004. Coleopterists Society, Special Publication no. 2, 476 pp.
4.Notes on Cassida relicta, a tortoise beetle endemic to North america, with a key to Nearctic species of Cassida (Chrysomelidae).
Riley, E.G. 1986. Entomological News 97(4): 141-146.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 2 September, 2013 - 3:34pm
Last updated 10 February, 2022 - 1:12pm

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