Tortoise beetles
(Tribe Cassidini)
Overview • Description • Distribution • Taxonomy
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Overview
Cassidina is a very large tribe of very small to small beetles. It contains most of but not all of the species of tortoise beetles. Yhere are more than 1,700 species in 87 genera worldwide, about 30 species in 15 genera in North America north of Mexico, and at least 5 species in 4 genera in Minnesota..
Description
Adults are ⅛″ to ½″ (4 to 13 mm) in length.
Distribution |
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Sources Biodiversity occurrence data published by: Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas (accessed through the Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Portal, bellatlas.umn.edu, 10/21/2025). |
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Taxonomy
Order
Coleoptera (beetles)
Suborder
Polyphaga (water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf, and snout beetles)
Infraorder
Cucujiformia
Superfamily
Chrysomeloidea (leaf beetles and allies)
Family
Chrysomelidae (leaf beetles)
Subfamily
Cassidinae (tortoise and hispine beetles)
Subordinate Taxa
Genus Agroiconota 
Genus Cassida 
Genus Charidotella
Genus Coptocycla
Genus Deloyala
Genus Erepsocassis
Genus Floridocassis
Genus Gratiana
Genus Jonthonota
Genus Metrionella
Genus Microctenochira
Genus Opacinota
Genus Parorectis
Genus Helocassis
Genus Strongylocassis
Synonyms
Common Names
tortoise beetles
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Alfredo Colon |
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… a Tortoise Beetle Nymph which carries her poop on her back |
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Poop bug. Cassidini
insectpollinator
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Alfredo Colon
Summer 2018
Location: Woodbury, Minnesota
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