Cassida vespertilio Boheman, 1862

Cassida vespertilio Boheman, 1862: 310 (HT! in NRS!); Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3659; Shaw, 1963: 457; Heron and Borowiec, 1997: 635; Borowiec, 1999 d: 292; Borowiec & Świetojańska, 2022: 170 (colour photo).

Cassida (Cassida) vespertilio: Spaeth, 1914 g: 119.

Cassida muirana Sharp in Muir and Sharp, 1904: 13 (ST! in BMNH, ZMHU!, p. 8: ootheca, pl. II, fig. 18: ootheca, pl. V, fig. 25 c: larva and adult); Heron and Borowiec, 1997: 635 (as syn.).

Cassida (Cassida) muirana: Spaeth, 1914 g: 119.

Host plant: Asteraceae: Berkheya speciosa (Borowiec & Świetojańska, 2022: 171); Solanaceae: Solanum sp. (probably error, Muir and Sharp, 1904).

Distr.: vespertilio: Promontorium Bonae Spei; muirana: Durban. South Africa: Cape, Natal, Transvaal.

figure: habitus in colour

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