Cassida sanguinolenta
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Cassida sanguinolenta is a beetle fromthe leaf beetle family (Chrysomelidae). It belongs to the subfamily of the tortoise beetles (Cassidinae).
features
The beetles reach a body length of 4–5.5 mm. The pronotum and elytra on the outer edge are curved. The upper side of the beetle ( pronotum and wing covers ) is predominantly green. More mature animals have a red basal triangle on the wing covers. The label is green. The antennae , legs, trochanters , episterns and epimers of the mesonotum as well as the sutures of the wing cover and the broad abdominal border are colored yellow-brown. The ventral side of the beetle is black.
distribution
The beetle species is particularly widespread in Central and Northern Europe. To the south the occurrence extends to Algeria , in the east over Asia Minor and western Siberia to Kyrgyzstan .
Way of life
The beetle species uses various sunflower plants as host and food plants , in particular the common yarrow ( Achillea millefolium ) and tansy ( Tanacetum vulgare ). Both the larvae and the adults feed on their leaves. The adult beetles can be seen from April to August.
Taxonomy
There are two subspecies:
- Cassida sanguinolenta flaviventris Kraatz , 1873
- Cassida sanguinolenta sanguinolenta O.F. Müller , 1776
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Arved Lompe: Cassida determination table . coleonet.de. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
- ↑ a b c d e Heinz Freude, Karl Wilhelm Harde, Gustav Adolf Lohse (ed.): Die Käfer Mitteleuropas . tape 9 . Cerambycidae Chrysomelidae . Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-8274-0683-8 (first edition: Goecke & Evers, Krefeld 1966).
- ↑ Cassida sanguinolenta . www.biolib.cz. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
Web links
- Cassida sanguinolenta Müller, 1776 at cassidae.uni.wroc.pl
- Beetles in Cologne and the surrounding area - Part 1 at www.fotoreiseberichte.de
- www.kerbtier.de