Cassida viridis Linnaeus, 1758
(Green Tortoise Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCassida viridis (Green 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 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
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: Feeding traces and larva - enlargedImage 3: Feeding traces and ootheca - enlargedImage 4: Feeding traces - enlargedImage 5: Feeding traces - enlarged (2)Image 6: Feeding traces - enlarged (3)Image 7: Larva and ootheca - enlargedImage 8: Larva and ootheca - enlarged (2)Image 9: Larva and ootheca - enlarged (3)Image 10: Larva - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 11: Larva - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 12: Larva - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (3)Image 13: Larva - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (4)Image 14: Larva - dorso-lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 15: Larva - dorso-lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 16: Larva - dorso-lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (3)Image 17: Larva - dorso-lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (4)Image 18: Larva - dorso-lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (5)Image 19: Larva - latero-dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 20: Larva - postero-dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 21: Larva - postero-dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 22: Larva - preparing to pupate - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 23: Larva - preparing to pupate - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 24: Larva - preparing to pupate - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 25: Larva - preparing to pupate - lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 26: Ootheca - close-up - highly enlargedImage 27: Pupa - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 28: Pupa - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 29: Pupa - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (3)Image 30: Pupa - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (4)Image 31: Pupa - front three-quarter view - close-up - highly enlarged
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
Image 1: Egg mass - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Egg mass on leaf underside - enlargedImage 3: Egg mass on leaf underside - enlarged (2)Image 4: Eggs - close-up - enlargedImage 5: Larvae - young - highly enlarged
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
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - antennae extended - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 3: Adult - pronotum - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Adult - ventral view - appendages extended - close-up - enlargedImage 5: Adult - ventral view - appendages retracted - close-up - enlarged
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
Image 1: Larva - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 2: Larva - dorsal view - highly enlarged (2)Image 3: Larva - lateral view - highly enlargedImage 4: Larva - lateral view - highly enlarged (2)Image 5: Larva - latero-dorsal view - highly enlarged
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
Image 1: Pupa - 1100hrs - fresh - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 2: Pupa - 1100hrs - fresh - dorsal view - highly enlarged (2)Image 3: Pupa - 1100hrs - fresh - latero-dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 4: Pupa - 1800 hrs - dorsal view - highly enlarged
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
Image 1: Adult - dorsal - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Adult - ventral - highly enlarged - grey background
7: Cassida viridis (Green Tortoise Beetle)
15 May 1998 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Adult - dorsal viewImage 2: Adult - ventral view

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
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:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cassida viridis (Green Tortoise Beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cassida viridis (Green Tortoise Beetle)
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