// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did Cassida deflorata say? Leaf me alone.
| Cassida deflorata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Cassida |
| Species: | C. deflorata |
| Binomial name | |
| Cassida deflorata Suffiran, 1844 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cassida deflorata is a greenish-coloured beetle in the leaf beetle family.[1]
Distribution
[edit]The beetle can be found in African countries, including Algeria and Morocco, as well as in European countries like France, Italy, Portugal and Spain.
Habitat
[edit]The 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. 11 April 2012. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
- ↑ "Cassida deflorata". Biol.uni.wroc.pl. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2017.