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Cassida margaritacea
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Subspecies
Original description
Synonyms
Cassida
margaritacea Schaller, 1783
Cassida margaritacea margaritacea
Schaller, 1783
Cassida mutabilis
Villers, 1789
Cassida superba Gmelin, 1790
Cassida spergulae Marsham, 1802
Cassida nobilis spergulae (Marsham, 1802)
Cassida margaritacea melanocephala
Suffrian, 1844
Cassida haemorrhoa Gemminger et Harold, 1876 (nomen nudum)
Cassida margaritacea albiventris Heyden, 1877
Cassida margaritacea
nigrescens Weise, 1893
Identification
Distribution
Central Europe; probably also further east
(Caucasus).
Biology
Host plants are different species of the genera
Saponaria, Silene, Spergula. Doubtful records also from other species
(e.g. Antennaria, Centaurea,
Helichrysum,
Thymus).
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