Cassida margaritacea, SCHALLER, 1783

Alekseev, Vitaly I. & Bukejs, Andris, 2011, Contributions to the knowledge of beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the Kaliningrad region. 2, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 11 (2), pp. 209-231 : 223

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13204407
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/146587F3-7C38-FFDE-E73B-FBC523EDF9C5
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Cassida margaritacea
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59. CASSIDA MARGARITACEA SCHALLER, 1783 View in CoL *

Examined material: Recorded once: Zelenogradsk district, 3 km W Primorsk, 54°72´05.5´´N 19°95´25´´E, 30.V.2010 (1 ex., the Baltic seaside, leg. V. Alekseev) .

Comments: According to the catalogues ( Silfverberg 2004, Alexandrovitch et al. 1996), this rare and locally distributed species has been recorded from Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus. For the territory of the former Eastern Prussia it has been known from the northern Poland ( Bercio & Folwaczny 1979). This new for the Kaliningrad fauna species feeds on Silene and Thymus (Bukejs et al. 2009) .