Cassida rubiginosa Müller, 1776
Cassida viridis: Scopoli, 1763 , not C. viridis Linnaeus, 1758 (misinterpretation); Fabricius, 1775: 88, 1781: 107, 1787: 62, 1792: 292, 1801: 387; Goeze, 1777: 213; Panzer, 1795: 153; Fischer, 1778: 132; Barbut, 1781: 34; Geoffroy, 1785: 140; Rossi, 1790: 72; Olivier, 1790: 378, 1808: 975; Kirby, 1797: 9; Paykull, 1798: 45; Latreille, 1807: 53; Schönherr, 1817: 209; Gravenhorst and Scholtz, 1842: 436; Fowler, 1890: 401; Paterson, 1931: 944 (larva).
Cassida rubiginosa Müller, 1776: 65 (TE in ?); Illiger, 1794: 93, 1798: 479; Herbst, 1799: 223; Gyllenhal, 1813: 437; Lyonet, 1829: 422; Stephens, 1829: 228, 1832: 366; Sahlberg, 1835-39: 187; Suffrian, 1844: 135, 1846: 362; Gravenhorst, 1842: 436; Cornelius, 1846: 396; Candeze, 1853: t. 9, f. 4; Boheman, 1854: 373, 1856: 125, 1862: 304; Redtenbacher, 1849: 520, 1858: 952, 1874: 521; Bach, 1856: 74; Thomson, 1866: 320; Kaltenbach, 1874: 373; Kraatz, 1874: 104; Seidlitz, 1875: 488, 1891: 702, 1891: 788; Rupertsberger, 1876: 397; Heyden, 1877: 364; Desbrochers, 1891: 13, 17; Weise, 1893: 1079, 1104, 1900 f: 294; Acloque, 1896: 457; Bedel, 1898: 209, 1901: 336; Everts, 1901: 519; Völker, 1911: 44; Reitter, 1912: 217; Heikertinger, 1914: 43; Barber, 1916: 120; Kleine, 1917 b: 63-73 (biology); Bodenheimer, 1937: 149; Bechyne, 1944: 82; Steinhausen, 1950: 18 (larva), 2002: 26 (pupa); Kocher, 1958: 149; Jolivet, 1967: 380; Kosior and Klein, 1970: 315-340; Dubeshko, 1973: 163; Wilcox, 1975: 155; Kosior, 1975: 252-392 (biology); Medvedev and Korotyaev, 1975: 186; Medvedev and Voronova, 1977 a: 349, 1979: 132; Silfverberg, 1979: 61; Gruev, 1980: 89, 1990 a: 353, 1992: 425; Takizawa, 1985 b: 18; Riley, 1986: 141; Lopatin and Kulenova, 1986: 183; Lopatin, 1986: 118; Bordy and Doguet, 1987: 174 (incl. spermatheca); Bourdonne and Bordy, 1993: 86; Sassi, 1994: 69 (incl. male gen.); Kismali and Sassi, 1994: 148; Borowiec, 1996 b: 27, 1999 d: 278, 2001 e: 524; Bordy, 1997: 64 (ejaculat. apod.); Aleksandrovitch et al., 1996: 52; Borowiec et al., 1997: 151; Petitpierre et. al., 1998: 2 (karyotype); Mohamedsaid, 2000 b: 376; Œwiêtojañska, 2004 b: 435 (first instar); Sekerka, 2004: 144, 2006 c: 96, 2007 c: 91, 2010: 20 (colour photo); Lee and Cho, 2006: 96; Majka and Lesage, 200: 38.
Cassida (Cassida) rubiginosa: Desbrochers, 1891: 44; Spaeth, 1914 g: 108; Spaeth and Reitter, 1926: 43; Winkler, 1932: 1357; Gressitt and Kimoto, 1963: 982; Kimoto, 1966 a: 656, 1976: 173; Lopatin, 1977 a: 254; Warcha³owski, 1978: 141, 2000: 156; Medvedev, 1982: 203 (larva, p. 202: fig.), 285, 1992: 601; Brovdii, 1983: 130 (incl. fig., male gen., larva, pupa, biology); Borowiec, 1985 a: 36; An and al., 1985: 26; Gruev and Tomov, 1986: 358 (incl. pronotum, head, male gen.), 1998: 132, 2007: 307; Chen et al., 1986: 485; Yu, 1986: 676; Medvedev and Dubeshko, 1992: 183; Strejèek, 1993: 132; Kimoto and Takizawa, 1994: 349 (incl. colour fig., larva); Biondi et al., 1995 a: 26; Rozner, 1996: 260; Bordy, 2000: 181 (incl. colour fig, genitalia); Lee and An, 2001: 199 (incl. colour photo).
Cassida rubiginosa rubiginosa: Dubeshko and Medvedev, 1989: 206; Borowiec and Sekerka, 2010: 377.
Cassida rubiginosa var. fuliginosa Weise, 1893: 1104 (HT! in ZMHU!).
Cassida (Cassida) rubiginosa ab. fuliginosa: Spaeth, 1914 g: 109; Winkler, 1932: 1358.
Cassida (s. str.) rubiginosa taiwana Gressitt, 1952: 517 (HT in CAS); Chen and al., 1986: 486, 626.
Cassida rubiginosa babai Kimoto, 1986 b: 128 (HT in coll. K. Baba).
Cassida (Cassida) rubiginosa babai: Kimoto and Takizawa, 1994: 349.
Cassida cardui De Geer, 1775: 174 (part); Scriba, 1790: 176 (as syn. of viridis); Illiger, 1798: 479 (as syn. of rubiginosa).
Cassida melanosceles Schrank, 1798: 520 (TE in ?); Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3659 (as syn. of vibex); Spaeth, 1914 g: 109 (as syn. of rubiginosa).
Cassida nigra Herbst, 1799: 258 (LT!, PLT! in ZMHU!); Schönherr, 1817: 212; Suffrian, 1843: 291, 1844: 142, 1846: 362; Schwaegrichen, 1844: 403; Boheman, 1854: 374 (as syn. of rubiginosa); Kraatz, 1874: 95 (partly as syn. of nebulosa).
Cassida nebulosa var. nigra: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3656.
Cassida atra: Schwaerigen, 1844: 403 (= nigra, lapsus).
Cassida (Cassida) nebulosa var. nigra: Desbrochers, 1891: 46.
Cassida nebulosa var. nigra: Weise, 1893: 1109.
Cassida nebulosa ab. nigra: Reitter, 1912: 215; Spaeth and Reitter, 1926: 30; Winkler, 1932: 1356.
Cassida prasina: Fabricius, 1801: 388 (misidentification); Schönherr, 1817: 211; Boheman, 1854: 381, 1856: 127, 1862: 305.
Cassida (Cassida) prasina: Desbrochers, 1891: 45 (misidentification).
Cassida similis Marsham, 1802: 144 (TE in ?); Schönherr, 1817: 210 (as syn. of rubiginosa); Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3659 (as syn. of viridis).
Cassida singularis Stephens, 1832: 369 (TE in ?); Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3659 (as syn. of vibex); Spaeth, 1914 g: 109 (as syn. of rubiginosa).
Cassida rugoso-punctata Motschulsky, 1866 : 177 (TE in ?); Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3657; Kraatz, 1879 b: 273; Gorham, 1885: 281; Weise, 1900 f: 294 (as syn. of rubiginosa).
Cassida (Cassida) rubiginosa var. rugosopunctata: Spaeth, 1914 g: 109.
Cassida rubiginosa ssp. rugosopunctata: Medvedev, 1973: 148; Lizhong, 1989: 87; Dubeshko and Medvedev, 1989: 206.
Cassida (s. str.) rubiginosa rugosopunctata: Spaeth and Reitter, 1926: 44; Winkler, 1932: 1358; Gressitt, 1952: 517; Chen and al., 1986: 485, 626; Borowiec and Sekerka, 2010: 377.
Cassida (Cassida) rubiginosa ab. rugosopunctata: Chujô, 1934: 177.
Cassida lata Suffrian, 1844: 139 (LT! in ZMHU!); Boheman, 1854: 375, 1856: 126, 1862: 304; Kraatz, 1874: 101 (as syn. of deflorata); Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3655; Desbrochers, 1891: 17 (as syn. of rubiginosa).
Cassida (Cassida) rubiginosa var. lata: Desbrochers, 1891: 44.
Cassida erudita Baly, 1874: 212 (TE in ?); Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3653; Kraatz, 1879 b: 273; Gorham, 1885: 281 (as syn. of rugosopunctata); Weise, 1900 f: 294 (as syn. of rubiginosa); Lee, 1994: 52 (immature stages).
Cassida graeca Kraatz, 1874: 104 (TE in DEI); Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3654; Desbrochers, 1891: 39 (as syn. of rubiginosa); Weise, 1891 a: 380 (as syn. of rubiginosa).
Cassida rubiginosa var. graeca: Desbrochers, 1891: 44; Weise, 1893: 1104; Spaeth, 1914 g: 109.
Cassida (Cassida) rubiginosa ssp. graeca: Spaeth and Reitter, 1926: 43; Winkler, 1932: 1358.
Host plant: Asteraceae: Carduus acanthoides, C. nutans, Cirsium lanceolatum, C. palustre, C. oleraceum, C. arvense (Kleine, 1917); Cirsium spp., Carduus spp., Pulicaria spp., Tanacetum spp. (Bechyne, 1944); Cirsium spp., Saussurea Tanakae (Chujô and Kimoto, 1961); Silybum marianum, Cirsium chrysacanthum, Cynara cardunculus (Jolivet, 1967); Arctium lappa, Carduus acanthoides, Cirsium arvense, C. lanceolatum, C. oleraceum, C. palustre, C. rivulare (Kosior, 1975); Carduus crispus, C. nutans, Cirsium vulgare, C. ucrainicus, C. palustre, C. oleraceum, C. incanum, Arctium lappa, Cynara scolymus, Inula helenium, Artemisia maritima (Brovdii, 1983); Cirsium acaule (Bourdonne and Bordy, 1993); Carduus argemone ssp. obtusisquamosus, Centaurea jacea, C. pectinata, Cirsium eryophorum, Onopordum sp., Serratula tinctoria (Bordy, 2000); Arctium minus, Cirsium arvense (Majka and Lesage, 2008).
Distr.: rubiginosa: ?; taiwana: northcentral Taiwan, Tai-chung District, southwest of Tai-ping Shan (Taiheizan), Pianan-Ambu; babai: Shimokuchi, Ryotsu-shi, Sado Is.; cardui: not given; melanosceles: Brennessel; nigra: Halle; similis: not given; singularis: near London; rugosopunctata: not given (Japon from title); lata: Türkey; erudita: Yokohama; graeca: Griechenland: Parnes; fuliginosa: ?. Palaearctic Region, introduced and established to Canada.
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