Aspidimorpha (Afroaspidimorpha) areata (Klug, 1835)
Cassida areata Klug, 1835: 48 (HT! in ZMHU!); Boheman, 1854: 364, 1856: 124, 1862: 299; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3652.
Aspidomorpha areata: Weise, 1896 c: 20; Spaeth, 1909 d: 277; 1910: 278; 1912 b: 505; 1915 a: 1; 1924: 290; 1932 c: 5; 1943: 50; Shaw, 195 5: 231; 1956 a: 259; 1961: 10; 1963: 458; Borowiec, 1985 b: 227; 1985 c: 440; 1986 a: 792; Zaitsev, 1989: 300 (larva); Heron and Borowiec, 1997: 628; Mohamedsaid, 2000 b: 375.
Aspidomorpha (Aspidomorpha) areata: Spaeth, 1914 g: 73.
Aspidimorpha areata: Borowiec, 1995 d: 370; 2005 e: 121; Heron, 2003 b: 32, 2007: 75-87 (immatures, biology).
Aspidimorpha (Afroaspidimorpha) areata: Borowiec, 1997 b: 10 (incl. fig.), 1999 d: 204; Coache & Rainon, 2020: 16 (colour photo).
Aspidomorpha areata var. Duvivieri Spaeth, 1902 b: 449 (LT!, PLT! in IRSN!, MM!); Weise, 1903: 223.
Aspidomorpha (Aspidomorpha) areata ssp. Duvivieri: Spaeth, 1914 g: 73.
Aspidomorpha areata ssp. Duvivieri: Spaeth, 1924: 291.
Aspidomorpha areata ab. duvivieri: Spaeth, 1932 c: 5.
Aspidomorpha areata var. nigripennis Weise, 1903: 223 (LT! in ZMHU!); Spaeth, 1932 c: 5 (as syn. of obscuripennis).
Aspidomorpha (Aspidomorpha) areata ab. nigripennis: Spaeth, 1914 g: 73.
Aspidomorpha areata ssp. egregiata Shaw, 1955: 232 (HT! in MRAC!, PT! in MRAC!, MM!); 1972: 60; Borowiec, 1997 b: 10 (as syn. of areata).
Cassida Coronula Boheman, 1854: 365 (LT! in NRS!, PLT in BMNH), 1856: 124, 1862: 300; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3653; Spaeth, 1924: 291 (as syn. of areata).
Aspidomorpha (Aspidomorpha) areata var. ?coronula: Spaeth, 1914 g: 73.
Aspidomorpha areata ab. coronula: Spaeth, 1932 c: 5.
Cassida obscuripennis Boheman, 1856: 124 (TE in ?MNHN), 1862: 300; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3656; Spaeth, 1924: 291 (as syn. of areata).
Cassida (Cassida) obscuripennis: Spaeth, 1914 g: 119 (as possible synonym of areata ab. nigripennis).
Aspidomorpha areata ab. obscuripennis: Spaeth, 1932 c: 5.
Cassida inconstans Fairmaire, 1893: 156 (ST! in IRSN!, MM!, NMP!); Kolbe, 1898: 345; Spaeth, 1924: 291 (as syn. of areata).
Aspidomorpha inconstans: Spaeth, 1909d: 278.
Aspidomorpha (Aspidomorpha) inconstans: Spaeth, 1914 g: 75.
Aspidomorpha areata ab. inconstans: Spaeth, 1932 c: 5.
Aspidomorpha Dregei Dej.: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3652 (nomen nudum).
Host plants: Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea batatas, I. cairica, I. fistulosa, I. plebeia (Heron and Borowiec, 1997; Heron, 2007); Ipomoea arborescens (accidental, Heron, 2007).
Distr.: areata: not given, duvivieri: Mpala am Tanganjika-See; nigripennis: Deutsche-Ostafrika; egregiata: [Ruanda]: Rutshuru; coronula: Madagascar; Senegallia; obscuripennis: Have-Blanche; inconstans: Somali: Quebbi . Botswana; Burundi; Chad; Ethiopia; Guinea Bissau; Kenya; Madagascar (probably mislabelled); Malawi; Mozambique; Namibia; Principe Is.; Ruanda; Senegal; Somalia; South Africa; Sudan; Tanzania; Uganda; Zaire; Zambia.
figure: habitus in colour (three common forms)
figure: habitus in colour (two rare forms)
figure: life specimen
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