Cassida piperata Hope, 1842
Cassida piperata Hope, 1842: 62 (TE in ?), 1845: 12; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3657; Weise; 1900 f: 195; Spaeth, 1914 a: 19; Gruev, 1977: 23, 1990 b: 131; Takizawa, 1978 b: 602; Kimoto, 1979: 5, 1986: 62, 1991: 26, 1998 b: 86; Lizhong, 1982: 56, 1989: 87; Dubeshko and Medvedev, 1989: 205; Borowiec, 1990 a: 696, 1996 b: 26, 1999 d: 273, 2001 e: 522, 2009 d: 457; Lee, 1994: 5 (immature stages); Mohamedsaid, 2000 b: 376; Lee and Cho, 2006: 95; Borowiec and Sekerka, 2010: 376.
Cassida piperita [sic]: Boheman, 1856: 131, 1862: 322; Spaeth, 1921 b: 84.
Cassida Piperta [sic]: Gruev, 1994: 83.
Cassida (Cassida) piperata: Spaeth, 1914 f: 130, 1914 g: 108; Spaeth and Reitter, 1926: 30; Winkler, 1932: 1356; Chujô, 1934: 174, 1942: 65; Gressitt, 1939: 143, 1952: 515; Gressitt and Kimoto, 1963: 981; Kimoto, 1966 a: 654, 1967 a: 38, 1976: 173, 1998: 58 (incl. colour photo); Takizawa, 1980 b: 78 (incl. male gen.); Gruev, 1981: 75; Borowiec, 1985 a: 36; An and al., 1985: 24; Chen and al., 1986: 478, 625 (incl. male gen.); Yu, 1986: 676; Medvedev and Eroshkina, 1988: 142; Medvedev, 1992: 600; Kimoto and Takizawa, 1994: 348 (incl. fig., larva), 1997: 419 (incl. fig., larva); Kimoto and Chu, 1996: 136; Lee and An, 2001: 199 (incl. colour photo).
Cassida piperita [sic]: Spaeth, 1921 b: 84.
Cassida labilis Boheman, 1854: 402 (TE in ZMK?), 1856: 131 (as syn. of piperata); Weise, 1900 f: 295.
Cassida biguttulata Kraatz, 1879 b: 275 (HT in DEI); Weise, 1900 f: 295 (as syn. of piperata).
Cassida sparsa Gorham, 1885: 284 (TE in BMNH); Weise, 1900 f: 295 (as syn. of piperata).
Host plant: Amaranthaceae: Alternanthera sessilis (Gressitt, 1952); Achyranthes japonica, Amaranthus ascendens, A. mangostanus, Celosia argentea (Chujô and Kimoto, 1961); Achyranthes sp. (Takizawa, 1978 b); Chenopodiaceae: Atriplex subcordata, Beta vulgaris var. altissima, B. v. var. flavescens, Chenopodium album var. centrorubrum (Chujô and Kimoto, 1961); Chenopodium sp. (Takizawa, 1980 b); Commelinaceae: ? Commelina nudiflora (Chujô and Kimoto, 1961).
Distr.: piperata: ?; labilis: China; biguttulata: Amur; sparsa: Nikko and Sannohe on main island, Sapporo in Yezo. Russian Far East; China; Japan; Korea; Philippines: Luzon; Taiwan; Vietnam.
figure: habitus in colour
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