Cassida margaritacea Schaller, 1783

(male and female)

 

Cassida margaritacea Schaller, 1783: 259.

Cassida mutabilis Villers, 1789: 93.

Cassida superba Gmelin, 1790: 1644.

Cassida spergulae Marsham, 1802: 144.

Cassida margaritacea var. melanocephala Suffrian, 1844: 243.

Cassida margaritacea var. albiventris Heyden, 1877: 365.

Cassida margaritacea var. nigrescens Weise, 1893: 1091.

Cassida haemorrhoa Leach: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3655 (nomen nudum).

Host plant: Caryophyllaceae: Saponaria officinalis, Silene inflata, S. latifolia, S. vulgaris, Spergula arvensis; Asteraceae (adults only): Antennaria margaritacea, Centaurea nemoralis, C. scabiosa, C. cyanus, C. stenolepis, Helichrysum arenarium.

Distr.: Europe, Caucasus.

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