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

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