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Cassidini
The Cassidini are a tribe within the leaf beetle subfamily Cassidinae. The Cassidini comprises approximately 40 genera worldwide, and is one of the largest tribes in the subfamily, containing most of the genera and species known collectively as "tortoise beetles". The subfamily names Cassidinae and Hispinae were both founded by Gyllenhal in the same 1813 book, but following the Principle of the First Reviser The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) is a widely accepted convention in zoology that rules the formal scientific naming of organisms treated as animals. It is also informally known as the ICZN Code, for its publisher, the ..., Chen in this case, priority is given to the name Cassidinae. Genera References External links * * Interactive key to the Cassidini Polyphaga tribes Cassidinae Taxa named by Leonard Gyllenhaal {{Cassidinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassidinae
The Cassidinae (tortoise and leaf-mining beetles) are a subfamily of the leaf beetles, or Chrysomelidae. The antennae arise close to each other and some members have the pronotal and elytral edges extended to the side and covering the legs so as to give them the common name of tortoise beetles. Some members, such as in the tribe Hispini, are notable for the spiny outgrowths to the pronotum and elytra. Description The "cassidoids" have a rounded outline with the edges of the pronotum and elytra expanded, spreading out to cover the legs and head. They are often colourful and metallic, with ornate sculpturing; a few species have the ability to change the colour due to water movements within the translucent cuticle. All members of the subfamily have the mouthparts reduced into a cavity in the head capsule, the legs have four segmented tarsi. The hispoids have larvae that are leaf miners, while the cassidoids feed on the plant surfaces, sometimes covering their bodies with faecal shi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiridopsis
''Chiridopsis'' is a genus of leaf beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making up one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle .... Selected species * ''Chiridopsis atricollis'' Borowiec, 2005 * ''Chiridopsis aubei'' (Boheman, 1855) * ''Chiridopsis bipunctata'' * ''Chiridopsis boutereli'' Spaeth, 1917 * ''Chiridopsis defecta'' Medvedev & Eroshkina, 1988 * ''Chiridopsis ghatei'' Borowiec & Swietojanska, 2000 * ''Chiridopsis levis'' Borowiec, 2005 * ''Chiridopsis maculata'' Borowiec, 2005 * ''Chiridopsis marginepunctata'' Borowiec, 2005 * ''Chiridopsis nigropunctata'' Borowiec & Ghate, 1999 * ''Chiridopsis nigroreticulata'' Borowiec, 2005 * ''Chiridopsis nigrosepta'' (Fairmaire, 1891) * '' Chiridopsis punctata'' (Weber, 1801 * ''Chiridopsis rubromaculata'' Borowiec, Ranade, Rane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassida
''Cassida'' is a large Old World genus of tortoise beetles in the subfamily Cassidinae. The natural history of Cassida sphaerula in South Africa is a typical life cycle. Several species of ''Cassida'' are important agricultural pests, in particular '' C. vittata'' and '' C. nebulosa'' on sugar beet and spinach. The thistle tortoise beetle (''Cassida rubiginosa'') has been used as a biological control agent against Canada thistle ''Cirsium arvense'' is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native throughout Europe and western Asia, northern Africa and widely introduced species, introduced elsewhere.Joint Nature Conservation Committee''Cirsium a .... There are at least 430 described species in ''Cassida''. It is the most specioise genus of the subfamily Cassidinae. See also * List of Cassida species References Further reading * * * External links * Chrysomelidae genera Cassidinae Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Cassidinae-st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassida Viridis
''Cassida viridis'', common name green tortoise beetle, is a species of beetle in the leaf beetle family (Chrysomelidae). Description ''Cassida viridis'' can reach a length of . The body is unusually flat and oval-shaped. Thorax and elytra are green, without the markings characterizing other Cassida species. Punctuation on the elytra is entirely uniform. Both the legs and the rather short, threadlike antennae are brown. The underside is black. These extremely mimetic beetles can be encountered from April to October. Usually they stay on their food plants, which mainly include various mints (''Mentha aquatica'', ''Mentha arvensis'', ''Mentha longifolia'', '' Mentha rotundifolia'', ''Mentha suaveolens'', '' Mentha verticillata''), but also other plants of family Lamiaceae ('' Galeopsis grandiflora'', ''Galeopsis speciosa'', ''Galeopsis tetrahit'', ''Galeopsis pubescens'', ''Melissa officinalis'', ''Salvia glutinosa'', ''Salvia officinalis'', ''Salvia pratensis'', ''Stachys palustr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coptocycla
''Coptocycla'' is a tortoise beetle genus in the subfamily Cassidinae. Species These 58 species belong to the genus ''Coptocycla'': * '' Coptocycla adamantina'' (Germar, 1824) * '' Coptocycla aerata'' (Boheman, 1855) * '' Coptocycla apicata'' Spaeth, 1936 * '' Coptocycla arcuata'' (Swederus, 1787) * '' Coptocycla atriceps'' (Boheman, 1855) * '' Coptocycla auricoma'' Boheman, 1855 * '' Coptocycla aurifera'' Boheman, 1855 * '' Coptocycla bahiana'' Boheman, 1855 * '' Coptocycla bicolon'' (Germar, 1824) * '' Coptocycla bicurvata'' Boheman, 1855 * '' Coptocycla bidivisa'' Boheman, 1862 * '' Coptocycla bisbipustulata'' Boheman, 1855 * '' Coptocycla circumspicua'' (Boheman, 1855) * '' Coptocycla concolor'' Boheman, 1855 * '' Coptocycla conspicillata'' Boheman, 1855 * '' Coptocycla constellata'' Boheman, 1855 * '' Coptocycla contemta'' (Boheman, 1855) * '' Coptocycla cruciata'' Linnaeus, 1767 * '' Coptocycla decussata'' Boheman, 1855 * '' Coptocycla dentata'' (Blake, 1965) * '' Coptocycl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
