Aspidimorpha (s. str.) quadriremis (Gyllenhal, 1808)
Cassida quadriremis Gyllenhal in Schoenherr, 1817: 223 (HT in Uppsala).
Aspidimorpha quadriremis: Lucas, 1849: 53; Sekerka, 2008 a: 298 (proper interpretation); Borowiec, 2010 c: 555.
Aspidimorpha (Aspidimorpha) quadriremis: Borowiec, 1999 d: 197.
Aspidomorpha tecta Boheman, 1854: 276 (ST! in NRS!, ZMHU!, OXUM), 1856: 109, 1862: 264; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3651; Karsch, 1882: 400 (probbaly misidentification); Muir and Sharp, 1904: 6, 10 (ootheca, larva, pupa ); Spaeth, 1922 b: 998 (probably misidentification); 1924: 283 (probably misidentification); Maulik, 1916: 584; Shaw, 1956 a: 262; 1963: 456; Borowiec, 1986 a: 797; Staines, 2002 b: 25; Sekerka, 2008 a: 298 (as syn. of quadriremis).
Aspidomorpha (Aspidomorpha) tecta: Spaeth, 1914 g: 78.
Aspidimorpha tecta: Heron and Borowiec, 1997: 635; Rice, 2003: 80; Borowiec, 2005 e: 122.
Aspidimorpha (Aspidimorpha) tecta: Borowiec, 1997 b: 543 (incl. fig.), 1999 d: 201.
Aspidomorpha silacea Boheman, 1854: 277 (ST! in NRS!), 1856: 109, 1862: 265; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3651; Wagener, 1880: 161 (probably misidentification); Karsch, 1882: 400 (probably misidentification); Borowiec, 1986 a: 797 (as syn. of tecta); Sekerka, 2008 a: 298 (as syn. of quadriremis).
Aspidomorpha tecta-silacea: Weise, 1910: 451.
Aspidomorpha (Aspidomorpha) tecta var. silacea Spaeth, 1914 g: 78.
Aspidomorpha tecta ssp. silacea: Spaeth, 1924: 283 (probably misidentification).
Aspidomorpha tecta ab. silacea: Shaw, 1956 a: 262.
Host plant: Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea ficifolia = I. holosericea (Muir and Sharp, 1904); Hewittia sublobata, Barbatus edulis (Borowiec, 1997 b).
Distr.: quadriremis: extra Europam; tecta: Caput Bonae Spei et Caffraria; silacea: Caffraria et Cap. Bonae Spei. Namibia; South Africa; Zimbabwe.
figure: habitus in colour
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