Botanochara sedecimpustulata (Fabricius, 1781)
Cassida 16-pustulata Fabricius, 1781: 115 (HT in Glasgow); Schoenherr, 1817: 229 (as syn. of sedecimpunctata).
Cassida sexdecimpustulata [sic]: Olivier, 1808: 940 (incl. fig.).
Poecilaspis sedecimpustulata: Boheman, 1850: 418, 1856: 70, 1862: 188; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3637; Weise, 1921: 193 (16-pustulata, larva); Spaeth, 1940 d: 158.
Poecilaspis (Poecilaspis) sedecim-pustulata: Spaeth, 1914 g: 47.
Botanochara sedecimpustulata: Blackwelder, 1946: 742; Haitlinger, 1991: 387 (phoretic mites); Borowiec, 1996 a: 135, 1999 d: 94, 2002 a: 54, 2009 f: 628; Nogueira de Sa et al., 2004: 649 (bionomy); Simoes and Monné, 2008: 711; Borowiec and Takizawa, 2011: 431.
Cassida 16 punctata Fabricius, 1787: 66 (TE in ?), 1792: 307, 1801: 408; Schoenherr, 1817: 229 (sedecimpunctata); Boheman, 1850: 419 (as syn. of sedecimpustulata).
Poecilaspis sedecimpunctata: Hope, 1840 b: 92.
Poecilaspis quatuordecimplagiata Boheman, 1850: 420 (HT! in NRS!), 1856: 70, 1862: 189; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3637.
Poecilaspis (Poecilaspis) quatuordecim-plagiata: Spaeth, 1914 g: 47.
Botanochara quatuordecimplagiata: Blackwelder, 1946: 742.
Poecilaspis sedecim-pustulata ab. 14-plagiata: Spaeth, 1940 d: 159.
Poecilaspis sedecim-pustulata ssp. mapiria Spaeth, 1940 d: 159 (ST! in MM!); Borowiec, 1999 d: 94 (as syn. of sedecimpustulata).
Poecilaspis sedecim-pustulata ssp. argentina Spaeth, 1940 d: 159 (ST! in MM!, NMP!); Borowiec, 1999 d: 94 (as syn. of sedecimpustulata).
Poecilaspis sedecim-pustulata ssp. densepunctata Spaeth, 1940 d: 160 (HT! in MM!); Borowiec, 1999 d: 94 (as syn. of sedecimpustulata).
Poecilaspis 14-pustulata Dej.: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3637 (nomen nudum).
Host plant: Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea pescaprae (Weise, 1921); Ipomoea batatas (Bondar, 1953); Ipomoea asarifolia (Paleari, 1997).
Distr.: sedecimpustulata: America meridionali; sedecimpunctata: America meridionali; quatuordecimplagiata: Chiquitos; mapiria: Bolivia: Mapiri; argentina: Argentinien: Provinz Catamarca: Famabalastro, S. Maria, Naciomiento; densepunctata: Montevideo. Argentina: Catamarca; Brazil: Amazonas, Minas Gerais, Pará, Piauí, Rondonia, Sao Paulo; Bolivia: Beni; Paraguay; Uruguay: Montevideo.
figure: habitus in colour (yellow forms)
figure: habitus in colour (red pale forms)
figure: habitus in colour (red dark forms)