Botanochara impressa Panzer (1798)
Cassida impressa Panzer, 1798: 80 (TE unknown).
Poecilaspis impressa: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3637; Spaeth, 1940 d: 146, 1942 b: 26.
Poecilaspis (Poecilaspis) impressa: Spaeth, 1914 g: 46.
Botanochara impressa: Blackwelder, 1946: 741; Buzzi, 1977: 221-228 (incl. photo, imm. stages, biology), 1988: 571 (biology); Habib and Vasconcellos-Neto, 1979: 103-110 (biology); Haitlinger, 1991: 387 (phoretic mites); Borowiec, 1996 a: 132, 1999 d: 89, 2002 a: 53, 2009 f: 627; Jolivet, 1996: 36 (colour fig.); Kerpel and Medeiros, 2003: 201-208; Borowiec and Takizawa, 2011: 430; Fernades and Linzmeier, 2012: 1228.
Cassida nervosa Fabricius, 1801: 405 (ST in ZMK); Schoenherr, 1817: 226; Spaeth, 1940 d: 147 (as syn. of impressa).
Poecilaspis nervosa: Hope, 1840 b: 91; Boheman, 1850: 386, 1856: 66, 1862: 177; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3637; Maulik, 1916: 581; Tenenbaum, 1927: 36.
Poecilaspis (Poecilaspis) nervosa: Spaeth, 1914 g: 46.
Botanochara nervosa: Blackwelder, 1946: 741; Haitlinger, 1991: 387 (parasite).
Cassida haemaspis Illiger, 1806: 229 (TE in ?); Schoenherr, 1817: 226; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3637 (as syn. of impressa).
Poecilaspis texta Boheman, 1850: 387 (LT! in NRS!), 1856: 66, 1862: 177; Burmeister, 1870: 276; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3638; Spaeth, 1940 d: 147 (as syn. of nervosa).
Poecilaspis (Poecilaspis) texta: Spaeth, 1914 g: 47.
Botanochara texta: Blackwelder, 1946: 742; Haitlinger, 1991: 387 (parasite).
Poecilaspis marginicollis Latr.: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3637 (nomen nudum).
Host plant: Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea batatas, I. nil = I. hederacea (Buzzi, 1977); Ipomoea purpurea (Habib and Vasconcellos-Neto, 1979); Ipomoea acuminata, I. purpurea, I. batatas (Vasconcellos-Neto, 1988); Ipomoea aristolochiaefolia, I. batatas, I. longicuspis, I. cairica (Kerpel and Medeiros, 2003).
Distr.: impressa: not given; nervosa: America meridionali; haemaspis: Brasilien und Demerary; texta: Brasilia; Corientes. Argentina: Misiones; Bolivia: Chaco; Brazil: Amapa, Amazonas, Goias, Maranhao, Minas Gerais, Pará, Parana, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo; Paraguay; Peru: Junin.
figure: habitus in colour
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