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Tortoise and Hispine Beetles
Cassidinae
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...
36 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Cassidini
tribeCassidini
Chalepini
tribeChalepini
Mesomphaliini
tribeMesomphaliini
Aspidimorphini
tribeAspidimorphini
Spiky Leafbeetles
tribeHispini
Ischyrosonychini
tribeIschyrosonychini
Alurnini
tribeAlurnini
Hemisphaerotini
tribeHemisphaerotini
Gonophorini
tribeGonophorini
Imatidiini
tribeImatidiini
Omocerini
tribeOmocerini
Basiprionotini
tribeBasiprionotini
Sceloenoplini
tribeSceloenoplini
Eugenysini
tribeEugenysini
Dorynotini
tribeDorynotini
Eurispini
tribeEurispini
Oncocephalini
tribeOncocephalini
Anisoderini
tribeAnisoderini
Arescini
tribeArescini
Aproidini
tribeAproidini
Goniocheniini
tribeGoniocheniini
Spilophorini
tribeSpilophorini
Notosacanthini
tribeNotosacanthini
Callispini
tribeCallispini
Cryptonychini
tribeCryptonychini
Prosopodontini
tribeProsopodontini
Coelaenomenoderini
tribeCoelaenomenoderini
Botryonopini
tribeBotryonopini
Delocraniini
tribeDelocraniini
Leptispini
tribeLeptispini
Promecothecini
tribePromecothecini
Hybosispini
tribeHybosispini
Hispoleptini
tribeHispoleptini
Exothispini
tribeExothispini
Callohispini
tribeCallohispini
Oposispini
tribeOposispini
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Cassidinae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52064.