Cassida viridis

Records of Cassida viridis (Green Tortoise Beetle) :
1: Cassida viridis (Green Tortoise Beetle)
27 Jun 2006	OSGR: TQ50	50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ E	Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14)	England
larvae on mint

2: Cassida viridis (Green Tortoise Beetle) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
25 May 2006	OSGR: SU36	51° 30’ N, 1° 30’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England
ootheca on underside of Hedge Woundwort leaves . Photos: egg mass

3: Cassida viridis (Green Tortoise Beetle)
25 May 2006	OSGR: SU36	51° 30’ N, 1° 30’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England
on Hedge Woundwort leaf

4: Cassida viridis (Green Tortoise Beetle)
2 Aug 2005	OSGR: SU16	51° 30’ N, 1° 50’ W	Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7)	England
Mature larva on Lemon Balm leaf

5: Cassida viridis (Green Tortoise Beetle)
2 Aug 2005	OSGR: SU16	51° 30’ N, 1° 50’ W	Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7)	England
Fresh pupa on Lemon Balm leaf

6: Cassida viridis (Green Tortoise Beetle)
2 Aug 2005	OSGR: SU16	51° 30’ N, 1° 50’ W	Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7)	England
Reared from larva/pupa on Lemon Balm leaf

7: Cassida viridis (Green Tortoise Beetle)
15 May 1998	OSGR: SU67	51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds)	2006	A Coleopterist’s handbook	The Amateur Entomolgist, 11, Fourth Edition edition, 439pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
	Cox, M.L.	2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications

Cassida viridis (Green Tortoise Beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

water beetles
(water beetles)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cassida viridis (Green Tortoise Beetle)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cassida viridis (Green Tortoise Beetle)

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Species	Cassida viridis (Green Tortoise Beetle)
Genus	Cassida (tortoise beetles)
Subfamily	HISPINAE (tortoise beetles)
Family	CHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles)
Superfamily	CHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Series	Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
Suborder	POLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
Order	COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Cassida viridis Linnaeus, 1758
(Green Tortoise Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Cassida viridis is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)