Cassida butterwecki
Cassida butterwecki is a species of leaf beetle, situated in the subfamily Cassidinae (tortoise beetles) and the genus Cassida. It was described as a new species in 2007 from specimens collected in Madagascar in 1990.[1]
| Cassida butterwecki | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Cassida |
| Species: | C. butterwecki |
| Binomial name | |
| Cassida butterwecki Borowiec, 2007 | |
References
- Lech Borowiec. "Two new species of Cassida Linnaeus, 1758 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) from Madagascar and notes on subgenera of the genus Cassida". Zootaxa. 1586: 47–56.
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