Basiprionota chinensis (Fabricius, 1798)
Cassida chinensis Fabricius, 1798: 84 (ST in ZMK), 1801: 402; Herbst, 1799: 353; Schönherr, 1817: 224.
Prioptera chinensis: Weise, 1910 d: 42, 1912: 96; Spaeth, 1914 f: 129, 1914 g: 17, 1925 b: 409 (incl. genitalia); Spaeth and Reitter, 1926: 8.
Basiprionota (s. str.) chinensis: Gressitt and Kimoto, 1963: 947; Yu, 1983: 789, 1986: 672; Chen et al., 1986: 441, 622, pl. XI (incl. colour fig.).
Basiprionota chinensis: Gressitt, 1952: 457 (fig.); Lizhong, 1982: 53, 1989: 87; Medvedev and Eroshkina, 1988: 121; Peng and Liu, 1992: 612 (fig.); Borowiec, 1996 b: 14, 1999 d: 68, 2001 e: 506, 2009 d: 446; Kimoto, 1998 a: 13; Mohamedsaid, 2000 b: 375; Sekerka, 2004: 126; Borowiec and Sekerka, 2010: 370.
Prioptera Satrapa Boheman, 1862: 17 (HT! in NRS!); Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3623; Wagener, 1881: 28; Spaeth, 1914 f: 129 (as syn.).
Prioptera bimaculata: Gressitt, 1938: 575 (misidentification).
Host plants: Bignoniaceae: Catalpa fargesii (Yang et al., 2024); Paulowniaceae: Paulownia taiwaniana (Yang et al., 2024).
Distr.: chinensis: China; satrapa: China (Shangai). S China: Fukien, Hongkong, Kiangsi, Kiangsu, Kwangtung, Shanghai, Sikang, Szechuan, Yunnan; Philippines: Marinduque Is.; N Vietnam.
figure: habitus in colour
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