Cassida vibex Linnaeus, 1767
(a tortoise beetle)

Interactions where Cassida vibex is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
imago imago grazes on leaf Carduus a genus of thistles Asterales: Asteraceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cassida vibex/Cassida vibexa tortoise beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carduus/Carduusa genus of thistlesleaf
larva larva grazes on leaf Carduus a genus of thistles Asterales: Asteraceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cassida vibex/Cassida vibexa tortoise beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carduus/Carduusa genus of thistlesleaf
larva larva grazes on leaf Centaurea knapweeds and star-thistles Asterales: Asteraceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cassida vibex/Cassida vibexa tortoise beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Centaurea/Centaureaknapweeds and star-thistlesleaf
larva larva grazes on leaf Cirsium thistle Asterales: Asteraceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cassida vibex/Cassida vibexa tortoise beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium/Cirsiumthistleleaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society

Cassida vibex (a tortoise beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Cassida vibex (a tortoise beetle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCassida vibex (a 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)
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Cassida vibex (a tortoise beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cassida vibex (a tortoise beetle):

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