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Piccola specie di Cassidinae, sui 4-5 mm, molto più attiva e miglior volatrice delle altre che vedo normalmente.

Abruzzo, L'Aquila, Roccacasale, 500 m, 18.VII.2011, M. Gigli legit

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Maurizio Gigli
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Hypocassida sp. of subferruginea group. According to recent revision of the group:
Bordy, B. 2009. Identification des especes du complexe Hypocassida subferruginea (Schrank, 1776) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Nouv. Rev. Ent., (N.S.), 2008, 25: 45-59
in Mediterranean Subregion occur three species: cornea, grossepunctata and subferruginea. H. cornea and H. subferruginea are wide spread while H. grossepunctata is at the moment known only from France but probably occurs also in other mediterranean countries. They are very similar and difficult to identify based on photo only from dorsal side. Compare:
http://culex.biol.uni.wroc.pl/cassidae/ ... neafig.htm
http://culex.biol.uni.wroc.pl/cassidae/ ... atafig.htm
http://culex.biol.uni.wroc.pl/cassidae/ ... neafig.htm