Cassida varians Herbst, 1799
Cassida varians Herbst, 1799: 269 (HT! in ZMHU!); Schönherr, 1817: 218; Maulik, 1919: 405; Borowiec, 1999 d: 291, 2001 e: 526, 2009 d: 460; Kimoto, 2005: 110 (incl. fig.); Borowiec and Świętojańska, 2007: 288; Świętojańska and Borowiec, 2007: 297-314 (larva); Sultan et al., 2008: 96 (host plants); Borowiec and Sekerka, 2010: 378; Ghosh et al., 2023: 27.
Coptocycla varians: Boheman, 1855: 284, 1856: 178, 1862: 440; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3675.
Metriona varians: Spaeth, 1914 c: 230, 1914 g: 144.
Cassida (Crepidaspis) varians: Ghate et al. 2003: 528.
Cassida syrtica Boheman, 1856: 129 (TE in NRS), 1862: 311; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3659; Weise, 1905 a: 123; Spaeth, 1914 d: 548; Maulik, 1919: 388; Kimoto and Takizawa, 1973: 180, 1981: 64, 1983: 96; Kimoto, 1981 a: 59, 2001: 71 (incl. photo); Takizawa, 1983: 78, 1985 a: 7, 1987: 526, 1988: 11, 1989: 326; Gruev, 1985: 44; Borowiec, 1990 a: 697, 1996 b: 28, 1999 d: 291 (as syn. of varians); Borowiec and Takizawa, 1991: 641; Sprecher-Uebersax, 1997: 162, 2000: 150; Haitlinger, 1998: 104 (parasite); Medvedev, 2000: 25; Hartmann and Medvedev, 2003: 181; Ghosh et al., 2023: 27.
Cassida (Cassida) syrtica: Spaeth, 1914 g: 114.
Cassida (Taiwania) syrtica: Borowiec, 1985 a: 33; Medvedev and Eroshkina, 1988: 142; Medvedev and Sprecher-Uebersax, 1999: 349.
Cassida rugulosa Boheman, 1856: 129 (TE in BMNH), 1862: 316; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3657.
Cassida syrtica ab. rugulosa: Spaeth, 1914 d: 548, 1914 g: 114.
Cassida syrtica var. rugulosa: Maulik, 1919: 389.
Coptocycla purulenta Boheman, 1862: 436 (TE in BMNH); Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3673; Maulik, 1919: 388 (as syn. of syrtica).
Metriona purulenta: Spaeth, 1914 g: 144.
Cassida consors Spaeth, 1938 a: 234 (LT! in NRS!); Borowiec, 1997 a: 666 (as syn. of syrtica).
Host plant: Lamiaceae: Leucas linifolia (Ghate et al., 2003); Anisomeles indica (Sultan et al., 2008).
Distr.: varians: Ostindien; syrtica: India orientalis; rugulosa: India orientalis; purulenta: India orientalis; consors: [Burma]: Taunggyi. Bhutan; NW Burma; India; Nepal; Pakistan; Sikkim.
figure: habitus in colour (pale forms)
figure: habitus in colour (dark forms)
figure: feeding pattern on Leucas linifolia
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