Subfamily
Cassidinae (Tortoise and hispine beetles)
Charidotella sexpunctata. Photo: (c) madamcoyote, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The Cassidinae (tortoise and leaf-mining beetles) are a subfamily of the leaf beetles, or Chrysomelidae. It includes both the former subfamily “Hispinae” (leaf-mining beetles), as well as the former more narrowly defined subfamily Cassidinae (familiar as tortoise beetles) which are now split into several tribes that include the tribe Cassidini, and in all include over 125 genera. The traditional separation of the two groups was based essentially on the habitats of the larvae and the general…
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Humboldt Life
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Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
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Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
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Class: Insecta (Insects)
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Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
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Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
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Suborder: Polyphaga (Water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf, and snout beetles)
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Infraorder: Cucujiformia (Cucujiform beetles)
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Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea (Leaf beetles and allies)
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Family: Chrysomelidae (Leaf beetles)
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Subfamily: Cassidinae (Tortoise and hispine beetles)
- Tribe: Cassidini (1)
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Subfamily: Cassidinae (Tortoise and hispine beetles)
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Family: Chrysomelidae (Leaf beetles)
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Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea (Leaf beetles and allies)
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Infraorder: Cucujiformia (Cucujiform beetles)
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Suborder: Polyphaga (Water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf, and snout beetles)
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Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
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Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
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Class: Insecta (Insects)
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Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
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Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
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Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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