Chelymorpha alternans Boheman, 1854

Chelymorpha alternans Boheman, 1854: 33 (LT! in NRS!), 1856: 76, 1862: 200; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3638; Champion, 1893: 151; Spaeth, 1914 g: 57; Blackwelder, 1946: 744; Wilcox, 1975: 152; Vasconcellos-Neto, 1988: 217-232 (as ab. of cribraria); Windsor et al., 1992: 389; Rodriguez, 1994: 198 (spermatheca), 1995: 327-331 (behaviour); Borowiec, 1999 d: 98 (as syn. of cribraria); Rodriguez et al., 2004: 739-748 (morphology); Borowiec and Skuza, 2004: 450 (spermatheca); Cuignet, 2008: 364, 366 (parasitoids); Morrison and Windsor, 2018: 31-41 (biology, incl. colour photos).

Host plant: Convolvulaceae: Convolvulus arvensis, Ipomoea batatas, Ipomoea hederifolia, Ipomoea lindenii, Ipomoea nil, Ipomoea phillomega, Ipomoea squamosa, Ipomoea tiliacea, Ipomoea tricolor, Ipomoea trifida and Merremia umbellata (Morrison & Windsor, 2018).

Distr.: Columbia. Colombia: Amazonica; Panama; Surinam: Nickeri; Venezuela: Anzoategui, Aragua, Distr. Federal, Falcon, Miranda, Portugesa, Yaracuy, Zulia.

figure: habitus in colour

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