Cassida hemisphaerica Herbst, 1799
(a tortoise beetle)

Interactions where Cassida hemisphaerica 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
adult adult grazes on leaf Silene uniflora Sea Campion Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cassida hemisphaerica/Cassida hemisphaericaa tortoise beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene uniflora/Silene uniflorasea campionleaf
larva larva grazes on leaf Silene uniflora Sea Campion Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cassida hemisphaerica/Cassida hemisphaericaa tortoise beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene uniflora/Silene uniflorasea campionleaf
imago imago grazes on leaf Silene vulgaris Bladder Campion Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cassida hemisphaerica/Cassida hemisphaericaa tortoise beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene vulgaris/Silene vulgarisbladder campionleaf
larva larva grazes on leaf Silene vulgaris Bladder Campion Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cassida hemisphaerica/Cassida hemisphaericaa tortoise beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene vulgaris/Silene vulgarisbladder campionleaf

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

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCassida hemisphaerica (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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cassida hemisphaerica (a tortoise beetle)

Cassida hemisphaerica (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 hemisphaerica (a tortoise beetle):

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