Acrocassis (s. str.) roseomarginata (Boheman, 1854)
Cassida roseomarginata Boheman, 1854: 489 (HT! in NRS!), 1856: 146, 1862: 354; Weise, 1896 c: 29; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3657.
Hypocassida roseomarginata: Weise, 1903: 226; Spaeth, 1914 g: 91.
Acrocassis roseomarginata: Spaeth, 1924: 313; Borowiec, 1986 a: 804, 1999 d: 228, 2002 e: 31 (incl. fig., colour photo); Agboton et al. 2014: 8.
Acrocassis (Acrocassis) roseomarginata: Coache & Rainon, 2020: 4 (colour photo of adult and larva).
Cassida bistigma Boheman, 1862: 352 (ST! in BMNH!); Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3652; Weise, 1896 c: 29; Spaeth, 1924: 313 (as syn. of roseomarginata).
Hypocassida bistigma: Weise, 1903: 226; Spaeth, 1914 g: 90.
Cassida delectabilis Boheman, 1862: 353 (HT! in BMNH!); Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3653; Weise, 1896 c: 29; Spaeth, 1924: 313 (as syn. of roseomarginata).
Hypocassida delectabilis: Weise, 1903: 226; Spaeth, 1914 g: 90.
Cassida roseola Weise, 1899: 243 (HT! in ZMHU!); Borowiec, 1986 a: 804 (as syn. of roseomarginata).
Hypocassida roseola: Weise, 1903: 226 (TE in ZMHU); Spaeth, 1914 g: 91.
Acrocassis roseola: Spaeth, 1924: 308, 313; Shaw, 1960: 370, 1972: 72.
Host plant: Comvolvulaceae: Merremia hederacea, Ipomoea argentaurata/heterotricha, I. eriocarpa. (Borowiec, 2002 e).
Distr.: roseomarginata: Senegallia; bistigma: Africa occidentalis (Calabar); delectabilis: Sierra Leona; roseola: Mombo; Dar-es-Salaam. Benin; Burkina Faso; Chad; Equatorial Guinea; Ghana; Guinea Bissao; Ivory Coast; Kenya; Mozambique; Republic of Central Africa; Sierra Leone; Tanzania; Uganda; Zaire; Zimbabwe.
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