Cassida pusilla Waltl, 1839
on Pulicaria, 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, narrowly oligophagous
Dittrichia viscosa; Inula montana; Pallenis spinosa; Pulicaria dysenterica.
phenology
Hibernation as imago.
distribution within Europe
references
Bahillo de la Puebla & Román (2009a), Biondi (1994b), Dogan, Turanli & Sekerka (2012a), Petitpierre (2009a), Petitpierre, Sacarés & Jurado-Rivera (2017a), Recalde Irurzon & Ugarte San Vicente (2005a), Rheinheimer & Hassler (2018a), Ugarte San Vicente (2005a).