Cassida nebulosa is a tortoise beetle, a species of leaf beetle (family Chrysomelidae), belonging to the subfamily Cassidinae.
Cassida nebulosa | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Genus: | Cassida |
Species: | C. nebulosa
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Binomial name | |
Cassida nebulosa | |
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It feeds on several plants of the family Chenopodiaceae; particularly on beet Beta vulgaris, on Chenopodium album, on C. glaucum and on Atriplex hortensis.[1]
It is widely distributed in most of Europe.
References
edit- ^ "Cassida nebulosa Linnaeus, 1758". Biolib. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
External links
editForrás: Tolnai Lexikon XIV. kötet 64 oldal. 1929