Species Account for Cassida vittata
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Cassida vittata de Villers, 1789
Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae
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Taxonomic group: beetles (Coleoptera) - Available county data
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Essex RDB: Listed
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Cassida vittata is known from a variety of coastal habitats but rare inland. It is associated with Spergularia, Beta and Honckenya. It was found at Tollesbury Wick by P.R. Harvey in 2004. There are only one or two other post-1970 Essex records (P. Hammond, pers. comm.). References
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