Charidotella (Xenocassis) opulenta (Boheman, 1855)

Coptocycla opulenta Boheman, 1855: 191 (TE in ?), 1856: 168, 1862: 416; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3672; Duges, 1887: 145; Champion, 1894: 192; Spaeth, 1914 g: 132; Buzzi, 1988: 576 (biology), 1994: 208 (host plants).

Xenocassis opulenta: Spaeth, 1936 a: 260; Blackwelder, 1946: 750; Wilcox, 1975: 157.

Charidotella (Xenocassis) opulenta: Borowiec, 1989 b: 220, 1999 d: 341.

Charidotella opulenta: Borowiec, 2009 f: 636.

Host plant: Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea murocoides (Duges, 1887).

Distr.: Mexico. Guatemala: Cerro Zunil; Mexico: Cordova, Misantla, Jalapa.

figure: habitus in colour (two forms)

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