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Cassida rubiginosa Mueller, 1776 (Thistle Tortoise Beetle)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Cassida rubiginosa Imago 3 July 2005 Brecon Wales 4
Cassida rubiginosa Larva 7 July 2004 North Hampshire England 1 2
Cassida rubiginosa 7 July 2004 North Hampshire England 1 17
Cassida rubiginosa? Imago 30 May 1998 Berks England 2
Cassida rubiginosa? Imago 14 June 1997 Berks England 2

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds), 2006 (Colour photograph of larva) A Coleopterist's handbook

Cassida rubiginosa may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
COLEOPTERA
(beetles)
CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Cassida rubiginosa is associated with:

Photos imago Carduus - a genus of thistles (Asteraceae) imago grazes on leaf Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos larva Carduus - a genus of thistles (Asteraceae) larva grazes on leaf Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos larva Cirsium - a genus of thistles (Asteraceae) larva grazes on leaf Bullock, J.A., 1992

There may be more taxa associated with Cassida rubiginosa listed at higher taxonomic level

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

Associated with Cassida rubiginosa:

imago imago is endoparasitoid host of larva Dufouria chalybeata - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Belshaw, R., 1993
larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Dufouria chalybeata - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Belshaw, R., 1993

Cassida rubiginosa may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
COLEOPTERA
(beetles)
CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)
Cassida
(tortoise beetles)

References

Belshaw, R., 1993 Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)
Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations

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