Cassida rubiginosa

Records of Cassida rubiginosa (Thistle Tortoise Beetle) :
1: Cassida rubiginosa (Thistle Tortoise Beetle)
27 Jun 2006	OSGR: TQ50	50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ E	Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14)	England
larva and imago on Creeping Thistle

2: Cassida rubiginosa (Thistle Tortoise Beetle)
3 Jul 2005	OSGR: SO23	51° 60’ N, 3° 10’ W	Vice County: Brecon (VC 42)	Wales
on Marsh Thistle

3: Cassida rubiginosa (Thistle Tortoise Beetle)
7 Jul 2004	OSGR: SU65	51° 20’ N, 1° 0’ W	Vice County: North Hants (VC 12)	England
Pale brownish larvae on Lesser Knapweed

4: Cassida rubiginosa (Thistle Tortoise Beetle)
7 Jul 2004	OSGR: SU65	51° 20’ N, 1° 0’ W	Vice County: North Hants (VC 12)	England
Pale brownish larvae on Lesser Knapweed

5: Cassida rubiginosa (Thistle Tortoise Beetle) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
30 May 1998	OSGR: SU67	51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England
on Goose grass

6: Cassida rubiginosa (Thistle Tortoise Beetle) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
14 Jun 1997	OSGR: SP61	51° 50’ N, 1° 10’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England
on Creeping Thistle

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds)	2006	A Coleopterist’s handbook	The Amateur Entomolgist, 11, Fourth Edition edition, 439pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society

Cassida rubiginosa (Thistle Tortoise Beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

water beetles
(water beetles)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cassida rubiginosa (Thistle Tortoise Beetle)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cassida rubiginosa (Thistle Tortoise Beetle)

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Species	Cassida rubiginosa (Thistle Tortoise Beetle)
Genus	Cassida (tortoise beetles)
Subfamily	HISPINAE (tortoise beetles)
Family	CHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles)
Superfamily	CHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Series	Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
Suborder	POLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
Order	COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Cassida rubiginosa Müller, O.F., 1776
(Thistle Tortoise Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Cassida rubiginosa is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)