Cassida deflorata Suffrian, 1844 is a animal in the Chrysomelidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Cassida deflorata Suffrian, 1844

Cassida deflorata Suffrian, 1844

Cassida deflorata is a greenish leaf beetle found in North Africa and parts of Western Europe that feeds on Asteraceae plants.

Family
Genus
Cassida
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Cassida deflorata Suffrian, 1844

Cassida deflorata Suffrian, 1844 is a greenish beetle that belongs to the leaf beetle family. This beetle is distributed across African countries including Algeria and Morocco, and European countries including France, Italy, Portugal and Spain. This species feeds on plants from the Asteraceae family. Recorded host plants for Cassida deflorata are Arctium lappa, Carduus tenuiflorus, Cirsium dyris, cardoon, artichoke, Jacobaea maritima, and Silybum marianum.

Photo: (c) Thijs Valkenburg, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Thijs Valkenburg · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Cassida

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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