Forum Entomologi Italiani

Ho incontrato questa Cassida (cassiduella?) qualche giorno fa nei dintorni della Stazione di Montemaggiore Belsito (PA).
Sono curioso di sapere a quale specie afferisce...

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stat rosa pristina nomine, nomina nuda tenemus

Cassida vittata group. The reddish pattern suggests similarity to newly described Cassida olympica from Greece:
http://culex.biol.uni.wroc.pl/cassidae/katalog%20internetowy/cassidaolympicafig.htm
In my opinion the group needs revision, especially populations from Mediterraneum. It is interesting that specimens from Mediterraneum often have in life reddish pattern on elytra without metallic vittae so characteristic for othe European populations of Cassida vittata and C. nobilis. Lukas Sekerka from Czech Republic now is under revision of the group and probably some new taxa will be proposed (populations from northern Africa also look different (e.g. Cassida atlantica Escalera).