Cassida

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Genus of beetles

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::summary Genus of beetles ::

| image = P1080933 Cassida nebulosa.jpg | image_caption = C. nebulosa | taxon = Cassida | authority = Linnaeus, 1758 | display_parents = 3 | type_species =Cassida nebulosa | type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758 | diversity_link = List of Cassida species | diversity = at least 430 species ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/20140516_172947_8499M.JPG" caption="''Cassida vibex''"] ::

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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.

The genus name is derived from Latin Cassis for a metal helmet.

There are at least 430 described species in Cassida. Larvae build shields with their feces and exuviae, a widespread pattern of tortoise beetles.

References

Adam S., M. Campos, H.D.C. Heron, C. Staines, R. Westerduijn, & C.S. Chaboo. 2022. Natural history notes of Cassida sphaerula Boheman, 1853 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidini) on Arctotheca prostrata (Salisb.) Britten (Asteraceae) in South Africa. Insecta Mundi 095: 1-23.
Chaboo, C.S. 2007. Biology and phylogeny of the Cassidinae (tortoise and leaf-mining beetles) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 305:250pp.
(1999). "A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologica Silesiae".
Chaboo, C.S., S. Adam, K. Nishida, L. Schletzbaum. 2023. Architecture, construction, retention, and repair of fecal shields in three tribes of tortoise beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Cassidinae: Cassidini, Mesomphaliini, Spilophorini). ZooKeys Special Issue, Research on Chrysomelidae 9. ZooKeys 1177: 87–146. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1177.102600

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