Cassida flaveola
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| Cassida flaveola | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Cassida |
| Species: | C. flaveola
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| Binomial name | |
| Cassida flaveola Thunberg, 1794
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Cassida flaveola, also known as the pale tortoise beetle,[1] is a brownish coloured beetle in the leaf beetle family.[2]
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
- ↑ Common name
- ↑ Colour
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Distribution". Archived from the original on 2012-07-24. Retrieved 2012-04-14.