Charidotella (Xenocassis) puella (Boheman, 1855)

Coptocycla Puella Boheman, 1855: 181 (LT! in NRS!), 1856: 167, 1862: 415; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3672; Champion, 1894: 202; Spaeth, 1914 g: 132; Blackwelder, 1946: 749; Wilcox, 1975: 157; Maes and Staines, 1991: 44.

Charidotella (s. str.) puella: Borowiec, 1989 b: 217.

Xenocassis puella: Windsor et al., 1992: 391; Cuignet, 2008: 365, 367 (parasitoids).

Charidotella puella: Borowiec, 1996 a: 145, 1998 b: 198, 2002 a: 60, 2009 f: 637; Borowiec and Moragues, 2005: 253; Borowiec and Takizawa, 2011: 434.

Charidotella (Xenocassis) puella: Borowiec, 1999 d: 341; Chaboo, 2002 b: 717.

Coptocycla consobrina Boheman, 1855: 180 (LT! in NRS!), 1856: 167, 1862: 415; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3668; Wagener, 1877: 57; Spaeth, 1914 g: 132; Blackwelder, 1946: 749; Borowiec, 1989 b: 217 (as syn.).

Coptocycla specularia Chevrol.: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3668 (nomen nudum).

Host plant: Convolvulaceae: Merremia umbellata (Windsor et al., 1992).

Distr.: puella: Mexico ad Teapa; consobrina: Columbia ad Carthagena. Belize; Colombia: Cauca, Cesar, El Regidor, Maripi, Mompox, Muzo, Nare, Nova Granada; Costa Rica; Ecuador: Esmeraldas; French Guyana: Papaichton, Saül; Mexico: Catemaco, Sierra de Durango, Teapa; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama; Peru: Omaguas, Ucayali; Venezuela: Bolivar, Falcon, Miranda, Tachira.

figure: habitus in colour (two forms)

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