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Cassida rubiginosa
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Cassida rubiginosa Mueller, 1776 (Thistle Tortoise Beetle)

Date: 7 July 2004
Location: North Hampshire, England
Voucher: 07/07/2004[L]
(Please quote this in any queries about this record)
State: Larva
Record Summary: Pale brownish larvae on Lesser Knapweed
Associated organism: on live leaf of Centaurea nigra
Identification Notes: Reared.

[This food plant is not mentioned in Bullock.]

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