cassidine

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noun

Any beetle of the Cassidinae, also called tortoise beetles and leaf-mining beetles.

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Meanings

nouncassidine (plural cassidines)

plural cassidines

  1. Any beetle of the Cassidinae, also called tortoise beetles and leaf-mining beetles.

    Novel host records and feeding behaviors are reported for five species in three genera of two cassidine beetle tribes, Hemisphaerotini and Imatidiini, from Ecuador.

    2009 September 25, Wills Flowers, Caroline S. Chaboo, 0095. Novel host records of some cassidine leaf beetles from Ecuador (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)

Origin

Clipping of taxonomic name Cassidinae.

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cassidine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cassidine

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“cassidine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cassidine. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cassidine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cassidine.

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