Cassida

Cassida
C. nebulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Cassidinae
Tribe:	Cassidini
Genus:	Cassida Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Cassida nebulosa Linnaeus, 1758

Cassida is a large genus of tortoise beetles in the subfamily Cassidinae. 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.

Species

Cassida acutangula Borowiec, 1999 Cassida algirica Lucas, 1849 Cassida alpina Bremi Wolf, 1855 Cassida alticola Chen, 1984 Cassida amaranthica Medvedev & Eroshkina, 1988 Cassida ambrica Borowiec, 1999 Cassida andapaensis Borowiec, 1988 Cassida antoni Borowiec & Swietojanska, 1997 Cassida appluda Spaeth, 1926 Cassida atrata Fabricius, 1787 Cassida atrofemorata Borowiec & Sassi, 2002 Cassida atrorubra Borowiec, 1999 Cassida aurora Weise, 1907 Cassida azurea Fabricius, 1801 Cassida beniowskii Borowiec, 1988 Cassida bergeali Bordy, 1995 Cassida berolinensis Suffrian, 1844 Cassida bezdeki Borowiec, 2002 Cassida brevis Weise, 1884 Cassida brooksi Borowiec, 1991 Cassida butterwecki Borowiec, 2007 Cassida canaliculata Laicharting, 1781 Cassida capensis Borowiec, 2005 Cassida chiangmaiensis Borowiec, 2001 Cassida chrysanthemoides Borowiec & Swietojanska, 2001 Cassida coelebs Borowiec, 1999 Cassida corallina Boheman, 1862 Cassida crucipennis Borowiec, 2003 Cassida deflorata Suffrian, 1844 Cassida dehradunensis Borowiec & Takizawa, 1991 Cassida dembickyi Borowiec, 2001 Cassida denticollis Suffrian, 1844 Cassida devalaensis Borowiec & Takizawa, 1991 Cassida diversepunctata Borowiec & Swietojanska, 2001 Cassida dolens Borowiec, 1999 Cassida drakensbergensis Borowiec, 2005 Cassida elongata Weise, 1893 Cassida eximia Borowiec & Ghate, 2004 Cassida fausti Spaeth & Reitter, 1926 Cassida ferruginea Goeze, 1777 Cassida flaveola Thunberg, 1794 Cassida foveolatipennis Borowiec & Swietojanska, 2001 Cassida fukhanica Medvedev & Eroshkina, 1988 Cassida fuscomacula Borowiec, 1988 Cassida hainanensis (Yu in Huang, Yin, Zeng, Lin & Gu, 2002) Cassida hemisphaerica Herbst, 1799 Cassida hexastigma Suffrian, 1844 Cassida hovacassiformis Borowiec, 1999 Cassida humeralis Kraatz, 1874 Cassida hyalina Weise, 1891 Cassida inopinata Sassi & Borowiec, 2006 Cassida inquinata Brullé, 1832 Cassida iranella Lopatin, 1984 Cassida johnsoni Borowiec, 1988 Cassida kinabaluensis Borowiec, 1999 Cassida labiatophaga Medvedev & Eroshkina, 1988 Cassida laotica Borowiec, 2002 Cassida lawrencei Borowiec, 1990 Cassida leucanthemi Bordy, 1995 Cassida limpopoana Borowiec & Swietojanska, 2001 Cassida lineola Creutzer, 1799 Cassida linnavuorii Borowiec, 1986 Cassida lusitanica Sassi, 1993 Cassida lycii Borowiec & Swietojanska, 2001 Cassida madagascarica Borowiec, 1999 Cassida major Kraatz, 1874 Cassida margaritacea Schaller, 1783 Cassida montana Borowiec, 1999 Cassida monticola Borowiec, 1988 Cassida morondaviana Borowiec, 2007 Cassida mroczkowskii Borowiec & Swietojanska, 1997

Cassida murraea Linnaeus, 1767 Cassida mysorensis Borowiec & Swietojanska, 1996 Cassida namibiensis Borowiec, 2005 Cassida nebulosa Linnaeus, 1758 Cassida nepalica Medvedev, 1997 Cassida nigrodentata Medvedev & Eroshkina, 1988 Cassida nigroflavens Borowiec, 1988 Cassida nigrohumeralis Borowiec & Ghate, 2004 Cassida nilgiriensis Borowiec & Takizawa, 1991 Cassida nobilis Linnaeus, 1758 Cassida olympica Sekerka, 2005 Cassida ovalis Spaeth, 1914 Cassida paiensis Borowiec, 2001 Cassida palaestina Reiche, 1858 Cassida pannonica Suffrian, 1844 Cassida panzeri Weise, 1907 Cassida parvula Boheman, 1854 Cassida pauliani Borowiec, 1999 Cassida pellegrini Marseul, 1868 Cassida pfefferi Sekerka, 2006 Cassida praensis Borowiec, 2001 Cassida prasina Illiger, 1798 Cassida pretiosa Borowiec, 1988 Cassida pseudomurraea Gruev, 1978 Cassida pseudosyrtica Medvedev & Eroshkina, 1988 Cassida pubipennis Borowiec, 1999 Cassida pusilla Waltl, 1839 Cassida pyrenaea Weise, 1893 Cassida quadricolorata Borowiec, 1999 Cassida queenslandica Borowiec, 2006 Cassida quinqueasteriza Medvedev & Eroshkina, 1988 Cassida reticulipennis Borowiec & Swietojanska, 2001 Cassida rubiginosa O.F. Müller, 1776 Cassida rubripennis Borowiec, 2002 Cassida rufovirens Suffrian, 1844 Cassida sabahensis Swietojanska & Borowiec, 2002 Cassida sanguinolenta O.F. Müller, 1776 Cassida sanguinosa Suffrian, 1844 Cassida sareptana Kraatz, 1873 Cassida sauteri (Spaeth, 1913) Cassida schawalleri Medvedev, 1990 Cassida scymnoides Borowiec, 1999 Cassida seladonia Gyllenhal, 1827 Cassida seniculoides Borowiec, 1999 Cassida seraphina Ménétries, 1836 Cassida silvicola Borowiec, 1988 Cassida smaragdocruciata Medvedev & Eroshkina, 1982 Cassida spatiosiformis Borowiec & Swietojanska, 2001 Cassida stigmatica Suffrian, 1844 Cassida strejceki Sekerka, 2006 Cassida strigaticollis Borowiec, 1988 Cassida subacuticollis Borowiec, 1999 Cassida subreticulata Suffrian, 1844 Cassida thailandica Borowiec, 2001 Cassida tianshanica Borowiec & Swietojanska, 2001 Cassida timorensis Borowiec, 1995 Cassida transcaspica (Spaeth, 1926) Cassida transcaucasia Borowiec & Swietojanska, 2001 Cassida tuberculata Medvedev & Eroshkina, 1988 Cassida tumidicollis (Chen & Zia, 1961) Cassida turcmenica Weise, 1892 Cassida umbonata Borowiec, 1999 Cassida undecimnotata Gebler, 1841 Cassida unica Swietojanska & Borowiec, 2002 Cassida variabilis (Chen & Zia, 1961) Cassida varicornis (Spaeth, 1912) Cassida veselyi Günther, 1958 Cassida vibex Linnaeus, 1767 Cassida vietnamica Medvedev & Eroshkina, 1988 Cassida viridis Linnaeus, 1758 Cassida vittata Villers, 1789 Cassida yoshimotoi Kimoto, 1997

References

• "Chrysomelidae". Joe Hallan's Catalogue.