Diet Overlap

Cassida rubiginosa (Thistle Tortoise Beetle)
Epiblema cirsiana

Common Diet

Centaurea nigra (Lesser Knapweed)
Cirsium arvense (Creeping Thistle)
Cirsium palustre (Marsh Thistle)
Cirsium vulgare (Spear Thistle)

Common Habitat

Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd
Fenland
Morecambe Bay
Morecambe Bay Pavements
Severn Estuary/ Môr Hafren
Solway Firth
Y Twyni o Abermenai i Aberffraw/ Abermenai to Aberffraw Dunes

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 2Ecology of Commanster