Abstract
The genus Pilemostoma is revised and its status discussed. Pilemostoma fastuosa (Schaller, 1783) is treated as the only valid species of the genus and the following new synonyms are proposed: Pilemostoma fastuosa (Schaller, 1783) = Pilemostoma bucharica Spaeth, 1914 (syn. nov.) = Cassida fastuosa ab. Dollmani Donisthorpe in Fowler, 1913 (syn. nov.). Pilemostoma fastuosa is redescribed together with the precise distributional data and the bionomics. Two new host plants, Inula salicina and I. ensifolia (Asteraceae), are recorded for P. fastuosa.References
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