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Cassida flaveola

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Cassida flaveola
Cassida flaveola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Chrysomelidae
Genus:
Cassida
Species:
C. flaveola
Binomial name
Cassida flaveola
Thunberg, 1794
Synonyms
  • Cassida flaveola Thunberg, 1794
  • Cassida obsoleta Illiger, 1798
  • Cassida pallida Paykull, 1799
  • Cassida exsculpta Charpentier, 1825
  • Cassida obsoleta var. dorsalis Desbrochers, 1891
  • Cassida obsoleta var. atrata Gerhardt, 1891
  • Cassida flaveola var. littoralis Weise, 1893
  • Cassida flaveola ab. atrodorsalis Spaeth, 1914 (new name for C. obsoleta var. dorsalis Desbrochers, 1891 not C. dorsalis Herbst, 1799).
  • Cassida kusnetzovi Matis, 1974

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

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


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