Cassida margaritacea Schaller, 1783
Cassida margaritacea Schaller, 1783: 259 (TE in ?); Gmelin, 1787: 1639; Fabricius, 1787: 63, 1792: 297, 1801: 397; Olivier, 1790: 383, 1808: 284; Rossi, 1790: 27; Scriba, 1790: 180; Panzer, 1795: 155; Schrank, 1788: 521; Schönherr, 1817: 220; Stephens, 1829: 229, 1832: 371; Suffrian, 1844: 241; Boheman, 1854: 432, 1856: 136, 1862: 335; Bach, 1856: 76; Redtenbacher, 1849: 520, 1858: 954, 1874: 522; Frauenfeld, 1868: 161; Rupertsberger, 1872: 25; Bedel, 1873: CCXV; Seidlitz, 1875: 490; 1891: 703, 1891: 789; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3655; Perris, 1876: 203; Heyden, 1877: 365; Desbrochers, 1891: 31; Weise, 1893: 1076, 1090; Acloque, 1896: 458; Bedel, 1873: ccxv, 1898: 208; 332; Everts, 1901: 516; Reitter; 1912: 215; Bechyne, 1944: 84; Steinhausen, 1950: 15 (larva); Silfverberg, 1979: 61; Gruev, 1980: 91, 1990 a: 352, 1992: 416; Lopatin, 1986: 115; Dubeshko and Medvedev, 1989: 203; Bordy and Doguet, 1987: 171 (incl. spermatheca); Bourdonne and Bordy, 1993: 86; Sassi, 1994: 80; Kismali and Sassi, 1994: 145; Aleksandrovitch et al., 1996: 52; Bordy, 1997: 55 (ejaculat. apod.); Borowiec, 1999 d: 263; Mohamedsaid, 2000 b: 376; Sekerka, 2004: 136, 2006 c: 93, 2007 c: 89, 2010: 19; Borowiec and Sekerka, 2010: 375.
Cassida (Cassidula) margaritacea: Weise, 1891 b: 205.
Cassida (Cassida) margaritacea: Desbrochers, 1891: 46.
Cassida (Mionycha) margaritacea: Spaeth, 1914 g: 96; Spaeth and Reitter, 1926: 52; Winkler, 1932: 1358; Warcha³owski, 1978: 146 (incl. male gen.), 2000: 184; Brovdii, 1983: 92 (incl. fig., male gen., pupa, biology); Gruev and Tomov, 1986: 369 (incl. male gen.), 1998: 135, 2007: 312; Medvedev and Dubshko, 1992: 179; Strejèek, 1993: 132; Biondi et al., 1995 a: 27, 1995 b: 648; Rozner, 1996: 260; Bordy, 2000: 92 (incl. colour fig, genitalia).
Cassida margaritacea var. melanocephala Suffrian, 1844: 243 (TE in ?); Weise, 1893: 1091.
Cassida margaritacea ab. melanocephala: Reitter, 1912: 215.
Cassida (Cassida) margaritacea ab. melanocephala: Spaeth, 1914 g: 96; Spaeth and Reitter, 1926: 52; Winkler, 1932: 1358.
Cassida margaritacea var. nigrescens Weise, 1893: 1091 (TE in ?).
Cassida margaritacea ab. nigrescens: Reitter, 1912: 215.
Cassida (Cassida) margaritacea ab. nigrescens: Spaeth, 1914 g: 96; Spaeth and Reitter, 1926: 53; Winkler, 1932: 1358.
Cassida mutabilis Villers, 1789: 93 (TE in ?); Scriba, 1790: 180 (as syn. of margaritacea).
Cassida spergulae Marsham, 1802: 144 (TE in ?); Schönherr, 1817: 220 (as syn. of Cassida viridula Payk., misinetrpretation); Stephens, 1829: 229, 1832: 370; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3655 (as syn. of margaritacea).
Cassida nobilis var. spergulae: Boheman, 1854: 424.
Cassida superba Gmelin, 1790: 1644 (TE in ?); Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3655 (as. syn. of margaritacea).
Cassida margaritacea var. albiventris Heyden, 1877: 365 (TE in ?).
Cassida haemorrhoa Leach: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3655 (nomen nudum).
Host plant: Caryophyllaceae: Silene vulgaris, Saponaria officinalis, Spergula arvensis (Bechyne, 1944); Silene inflata (Steinhausen, 1950); Silene latifolia, Saponaria officinalis, Spergula vulgaris (Brovdii, 1983); ?Asteraceae (adults only): Antennaria margaritacea, Helichrysum arenarium, Centaurea nemoralis, C. scabiosa, C. cyanus, C. stenolepis (Bechyne, 1944); ?Lamiaceae: Thymus serpyllyum (Bechyne, 1944).
Distr.: margaritacea: not given; mutabilis: Galliae; spergulae: not given; superba: ?; albiventris: Nassau [from title]; melanocephala: Deutschland; nigrescens: ?. Europe, Caucasus.
figure: habitus in colour
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