Cassida physodes (Boheman, 1855)

Coptocycla physodes Boheman, 1855: 266 (LT!, PLT! in ZMHU!), 1856: 176, 1862: 437; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3672.

Metriona (Coptocycla) physodes: Spaeth, 1898 a: 279 (as syn. of catenata).

Metriona physodes: Spaeth, 1900 b: 23 (as bona sp.), 1914 g: 144, 1926 c: 119.

Cassida physodes: Borowiec, 1996 b: 26, 1999 d: 273, 2001 e: 521, 2009 d: 457; Kimoto, 1998 b: 86; Mohamedsaid, 2004: 198.

Metriona expromta Spaeth, 1914 d: 567 (ST! in MM!), 1914 g: 143; Borowiec, 2001 e: 521 (as syn.).

Cassida expromta: Medvedev and Eroshkina, 1982: 105, 109 (fig.); Zaitsev, 1988: 152, 1992: 184 (pupa); Borowiec, 1996 b: 21, 1999 d: 250; Mohamedsaid, 2000 a: 359, 2004: 197.

Cassida (Taiwania) expromta: Medvedev and Eroshkina, 1988: 118, 130, 141 (fig.); Kimoto, 1998: 65 (incl. colour photo).

Host plant: Convolvulaceae: Argyreia sp., Ipomoea sp. (Medvedev and Eroshkina, 1982: 105).

Distr.: physodes: Sumatra; expromta: Anam, Phuc-Son. Indonesia: Bali, Java, Seram, Sumatra; Laos: Houa Khong, Vientiane; Malaysia: Ipoh, Sarawak, Pahang; Thailand: Chiengmai; Vietnam.

figure: habitus in colour

previous species: pfefferi
next species:
piperata

Abbreviations

Genus page
List of species
List of genera
List of tribes
References
Home