Cassida sphaerula Boheman, 1854
Cassida
Sphaerula Boheman,
1854: 434
(HT! in ZMHU!), 1856: 136, 1862: 335; Gemminger
and Harold, 1876: 3658; Heron and Borowiec, 1997:
631.; Adam et al. 2022: 1-23 (natural history); Borowiec & Świetojańska, 2022: 151 (colour photo).
Cassida (Cassida) sphaerula: Spaeth, 1914 g: 119.
Cassida Hottentotta Boheman, 1854: 435 (HT in NRS), 1856: 136, 1862: 335; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3654; Spaeth, 1914 g: 119 (as syn. of sphaerula).
Host plant: Asteraceae: Arctotheca calendula (Heron and Borowiec, 1997); Arctotheca prostrata (Adam et al., 2022: 4).
Distr.: sphaerula: Caput Bonae Spei; hottentotta: Africa meridionalis . South Africa: Cape; Transvaal; Zululand.
figure: habitus in colour
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