Cassida flaveola

Cassida flaveola, also known as the pale tortoise beetle,[1] is a brownish coloured beetle in the leaf beetle family.[2]

Cassida flaveola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Cassida
Species:
C. flaveola
Binomial name
Cassida flaveola
Thunberg, 1794
Synonyms
  • Cassida obsoleta Illiger, 1798
  • Cassida pallida Paykull, 1799
  • Cassida exsculpta Charpentier, 1825
  • Cassida kusnetzovi Matis, 1974

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
  1. Common name
  2. Colour
  3. "Distribution". Archived from the original on 2012-07-24. Retrieved 2012-04-14.


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