Cassida hexastigma Suffrian, 1844
Cassida hexastigma Suffrian, 1844: 140 (LT!, PLT! in ZMHU!); Boheman, 1854: 382, 1856: 127, 1862: 306; Kraatz, 1874: 104; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3654; Desbrochers, 1891: 25; Weise, 1893: 1078; Xambeu, 1893: 173 (larva, pupa); Acloque, 1896: 457; Kocher, 1958: 149; Jolivet, 1967: 380; Bordy and Doguet, 1987: 175 (incl. spermatheca); Gruev, 1992: 414; Bourdonne and Bordy, 1993: 86; Sassi, 1994: 66 (incl. male gen. and spermatheca); Bordy, 1997: 64 (ejaculat. apod.); Petitpierre et. al., 1998: 2 (karyotype); Borowiec, 1999 d: 255; Sekerka, 2004: 134, 2006 c: 92, 2010: 18 (colour photo); Borowiec and Sekerka, 2010: 374.
Cassida (Cassida) hexastigma: Desbrochers, 1891: 45; Spaeth, 1914 g: 103; Spaeth and Reitter, 1926: 40; Winkler, 1932: 1357; Biondi et al., 1995 a: 26, 1995 b: 647; Bordy, 2000: 176 (incl. colour fig, genitalia).
Cassida auriflua Megerle: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3654 (nomen nudum).
Host plant: Asteraceae: Carlina vulgaris, Carthamus lanatus (Bordy and Doguet, 1987); Carlina corymbosa (Bourdonne and Bordy, 1993).
Distr.: Italien, Savoyen: Nizza, südlichen Frankreich. Algeria; S France; S Italy: Basilicata, Liguria, Sardegna, Umbria; Morocco; S Spain.
figure: habitus in colour