Cassida nobilis Linnaeus, 1758

Cassida nobilis Linnaeus, 1758: 363 ( TE in ?), 1761: 153, 1767: 575, 1787: 1636; Fabricius, 1775: 90, 1787: 63, 1792: 297, 1801: 396; Müller, 1776: 65; Goeze, 1777: 202, 1779: 315; Villers, 1789: 92; Rossi, 1790: 72; Olivier, 1790: 383, 1808: 983; Scriba, 1790: 180, 1791: 87; Panzer, 1795: 155; Schrank, 1798: 521; Illiger, 1798: 485; Paykull, 1799: 49; Marsham, 1802: 146; Gyllenhal, 1813: 445; Schönherr, 1817: 219; Stephens, 1829: 229, 1832: 370; Sahlberg, 1835-39: 190; Hope, 1840 b: 3; Suffrian, 1844: 245, 1846: 363; Cornelius, 1846: 400; Redtenbacher, 1849: 521, 1858: 954, 1874: 523; Lucas, 1849 a: 513; Boheman, 1854: 423, 1856: 134, 1862: 332; Bach, 1856: 76; Thomson, 1866: 323; Rupertsberger, 1872: 23, 1876: 399; Kaltenbach, 1874: 789; Seidlitz, 1875: 490, 1891: 703, 1891: 789; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3656; Heyden, 1877: 365; Fowler, 1890: 400; Desbrochers, 1891: 9, 35; Weise, 1893: 1082, 1113; Anlocque, 1896: 458; Bedel, 1898: 211, 1901: 340; Everts, 1901: 522; Herkeitinger, 1914: 43; Spaeth, 1914 f: 147; Bechyne, 1944: 84; Steinhausen, 1950: 15 (larva); Kosior, 1975: 272; Lopatin, 1975: 230, 1986: 120; Medvedev and Voronova, 1977 a: 349, 1979: 132; Silfverberg, 1979: 61; Gruev, 1980: 90, 1983: 27, 1990 a: 353, 1990 b: 131, 1992: 419; Lopatin and Kulenova, 1986: 185; Matis, 1986: 225; Bordy and Doguet, 1987: 173 (incl. spermatheca); Dubeshko and Medvedev, 1989: 204; Sassi, 1994: 81; Kismali and Sassi, 1994: 146; Borowiec, 1996 b: 24, 1999 d: 268; Bordy, 1997: 60 (ejaculat. apod.); Aleksandrovitch et al., 1996: 52; Borowiec et al., 1997: 150; Mohamedsaid, 2000 b: 376; Sekerka, 2004: 139, 2006 c: 94, 2007 c: 90, 2010: 19 (colour photo); Świętojańska, 2005 a: 49-68 (first instar larva); Lee and Cho, 2006: 96; Borowiec and Sekerka, 2010: 375; Świętojańska et Belczyk, 2021: 490 (fifth instar larva and pupa).

Cassida (Cassidula) nobilis: Weise, 1891 b: 205; Desbrochers, 1891: 46; Reitter, 1912: 218; Spaeth, 1914 g: 97; Spaeth and Reitter, 1926: 55; Chujô, 1934: 170.

Cassida (Cassidulella) nobilis: Winkler, 1932: 1358; Chujô and Kimoto, 1960: 10; Gressitt and Kimoto, 1963: 984; Kimoto, 1966 a: 657; Lopatin, 1967 b: 168, 1977: 256; Warchałowski, 1978: 146 (incl. fig., male gen.), 2000: 170; Medvedev, 1982: 199 (larva), 286, 1992: 601; Brovdii, 1983: 159 (incl. fig., male gen., larva, pupa, biology); Borowiec, 1985 a: 31; An and al., 1985: 27; Yu, 1986: 672; Chen and al., 1986: 465, 625 (incl. fig.); Gruev and Tomov, 1986: 364 (incl. pronotum, head, male gen.), 1998: 134, 2007: 310; Medvedev and Dubeshko, 1992: 185; Strejček, 1993: 132; Kimoto and Takizawa, 1994: 349 (incl. colour fig.); Biondi et al., 1995 a: 27; Rozner, 1996: 260; Bordy, 2000: 120 (incl. genitalia); Lee and An, 2001: 201.

Cassida nobilis var. obscura Weise, 1893: 1113 (TE in ?).

Cassida nobilis ab. obscurella Weise, 1907: 14 new name for C. nobilis ab. obscura Weise, 1893 not C. obscura Fabricius, 1792; Reitter, 1912: 218.

Cassida (Cassida) nobilis ab. obscurella: Spaeth, 1914 g: 98; Spaeth and Reitter, 1926: 55; Winkler, 1932: 1358.

Cassida nobilis ab. Dollmanni Donisthorpe in Fowler, 1913: 172 (TE in ?).

Cassida (Cassida) nobilis ab. Dollmanni: Spaeth, 1914 g: 98; Spaeth and Reitter, 1926: 55; Winkler, 1932: 1359.

Cassida urticae Brahm, 1790: 109 (TE in ?); Herbst, 1799: 239 (as syn. of nobilis).

Cassida viridula Paykull, 1798: 49 (TE in ?); Gyllenhal, 1813: 447; Schönherr, 1817: 220; Stephens, 1829: 229, 1832: 369; Sahlberg, 1835-39: 191; Suffrian, 1844: 249; Boheman, 1854: 424 (as syn. of spergulae Marsham, misidentification); Redtenbacher, 1874: 523.

Cassida nobilis var. viridula: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3656.

Cassida rosea Illiger, 1798: 486 (unavailable name, cited in synonymy).

Cassida nobilis var. rosea: Weise, 1893: 1113.

Cassida (Cassidula) nobilis ab. rosea: Reitter, 1912: 218; Spaeth, 1914 g: 98.

Cassida (Cassidulella) nobilis ab. rosea: Winkler, 1932: 1358.

Cassida laevis Herbst, 1799: 250 (TE in ?); Gyllenhal, 1813: 446 (as syn. of nobilis).

Cassida nobilis var. laevis: Boheman, 1854: 424, 1856: 135; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3656.

Cassida (Cassidula) nobilis var. laevis: Desbrochers, 1891: 46.

Cassida pulchella Panzer, 1796: 15 (TE in ?); Herbst, 1799: 239 (as syn. of nobilis).

Cassida nobilis var. pulchella: Illiger, 1798: 485; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3656.

Cassida (Cassidula) nobilis var. pulchella: Desbrochers, 1891: 46.

Cassida splendidula Marsham, 1802: 147 (TE in ?); Schönherr, 1817: 219 (as syn. of laevis); Gyllenhal, 1813: 446 (as syn. of nobilis); Stephens, 1829: 229, 1832: 371.

Cassida nobilis var. splendidula: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3656.

Cassida millefolii Dahl: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3656 (nomen nudum).

Host plant: Asteraceae: Matricaria perforata (Bordy, 2000); Chenopodiaceae: Chenopodium album, Beta vulgaris (Kosior, 1975); Chenopodium spp., Atriplex spp., Beta vulgaris (Brovdii, 1983); Chenopodium rubrum (Bordy, 2000); Caryophyllaceae: Spergula arvensis (Bechyne, 1944); Silene spp., Stellaria media (Steinhausen, 1950); Silene sp. (Bordy and Doguet, 1987); Silene vulgaris (Bordy, 2000).

Distr.: nobilis: Europe; urticae: Kesseln; viridula: Westrogothia; rosea: not given; laevis: hiesiger Gegend; pulchella: Viennae; splendidula: not given; obscura: not given. Palaearctic Region, including East Siberia and W China.

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