Cassida vittata de Villers, 1789
(Bordered Tortoise Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCassida vittata (Bordered Tortoise Beetle)
GenusCassida (tortoise beetles)
SubfamilyHISPINAE (tortoise beetles)
FamilyCHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles)
SuperfamilyCHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Cassida vittata (Bordered Tortoise Beetle) :
1: Cassida vittata (Bordered Tortoise Beetle)
18 Jan 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
inside Purple Moor-grass tussock
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Adult - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background

Cassida vittata (Bordered Tortoise Beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cassida vittata (Bordered Tortoise Beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cassida vittata (Bordered Tortoise Beetle)
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