Cassida deflorata is a greenish-coloured beetle in the leaf beetle family.[1]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Genus: | Cassida |
Species: | C. deflorata
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Binomial name | |
Cassida deflorata Suffiran, 1844
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Distribution
editThe beetle can be found in African countries, including Algeria and Morocco, as well as in European countries like France, Italy, Portugal and Spain.
Habitat
editThe species feeds on plants in the family of Asteraceae, such as, Arctium lappa, Carduus tenuiflorus, Cirsium dyris, cardoon, artichoke, Jacobaea maritima and Silybum marianum.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Cassida deflorata". Flickr. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
- ^ "Cassida deflorata". Biol.uni.wroc.pl. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2017.