Cassida alpina Bremi-Wolf, 1855
Cassida alpina
Bremi-Wolf, 1855: 197 (TE in Zurich); Boheman,
1862: 364; Kraatz,
1874: 101
(as possible syn. of rubiginosa); Gemminger
and Harold, 1876: 3652; Desbrochers, 1891: 44 (as syn. of rubiginosa);
Benato, 1987: 407-411(incl. male gen., spermatheca); Bordy,
1991: 33-39;
Bourdonne and Bordy, 1993: 86; Sassi,
1994: 72
(incl. male gen.); Bordy, 1997: 64 (ejaculat. apod.); Borowiec,
1999 d: 236;
Mohamedsaid, 2000 b: 375; Borowiec
and Sekerka, 2010: 372; Sekerka, 2010: 3, 17 (colour photo).
Cassida (Cassida) alpina: Biondi et al., 1995 a: 26; Bordy, 2000: 196 (incl. colour fig., genitalia); Warchałowski, 2000: 130.
Host plant: Asteraceae: Centaurea uniflora, C. alpestris, Cirsium spinosissimum (Bordy, 1991); Carduus carlinoides, Centaurea montana, C. uniflora (Bourdonne and Bordy, 1993); Cirsium carlinaefolium, Carlina acaulis, Carduus chrysacanthus (Sassi, 1994).
Distr.: Zermatt (Wallis). France: Alps; Italy: Alps, Appenines; Poland: Tatra Mts.; Spain: Pyrenees; Switzerland: Alps.
figure: habitus in colour