Cassida rubiginosa, green thistle beetle, thistle tortoise beetle
Species type: Arthropod
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Cassida
Species: rubiginosa
Common names: green thistle beetle, thistle tortoise beetle
Imported for biocontrol of: Cirsium arvense (Asterales: Asteraceae), Californian thistle Details