Cassida deflorata Suffrian, 1844

on Silybum, etc.

parasite

Larvae and adults free on the leaves. The spinulose larvae are conspicuous by holding a large lump, a mix of frass and exuvia, over the body, kept in place by a pair of hooks at the tip of the abdomen.

host plants

Asteraceae, oligophagous

Carduus; Cirsium; Cynara cardunculus, scolymus; Onopordum; Silybum marianum.

phenology

Hibernation as imago.

distribution within Europe

(PESI, 2020).

pupa

See Steinhausen (2002a).

parasitoids, predators

Tetrastichus clito.

references

d’Alessandro & Biondi (2011a), Biondi (1994b), Gil Ortega (1999a), Jolivet (1953a), Murria Beltrán (2004a), Petitpierre (2009a), Petitpierre, Bastazo & Blasco-Zumeta (2000a), Petitpierre & Daccordi (2013a), Recalde Irurzon & Ugarte San Vicente (2005a), Steinhausen (2002a).