Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Chrysomelidae Scientific name Cassida nebulosa | Phylum Arthropoda Order Coleoptera Genus Cassida Rank Species | |
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Similar Cassida, Cassidinae, Cassida viridis, Thistle tortoise beetle, Cassida vibex | ||
Cassida nebulosa is a tortoise beetle, a species of leaf beetle (family Chrysomelidae), belonging to the subfamily Cassidinae.
It feeds on several plants of the Chenopodiaceae family; particularly on beet Beta vulgaris, on Chenopodium album, on C. glaucum and on Atriplex hortensis.
It is widely distributed in most of Europe.
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