Green tortoise beetle
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| phylum | Arthropoda | Cassida viridis, common name green tortoise beetle, is a species of beetle in the leaf beetle family (Chrysomelidae). Cassida viridis can reach a length of 8.5–10 millimetres (0.33–0.39 in). The body is unusually flat and oval shaped. Thorax and elytra are green, without the markings characterizing other Cassida species. Punctuation on the elytra is entirely uniform. Both the legs and the rather short, threadlike antennae are brown. The underside is black.
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| Class | Insecta | |
| order | Coleoptera | |
| family | Chrysomelidae | |
| genus | Cassida | |
| species | C. viridis |
