Chelymorpha cassidea (Fabricius, 1775)
Coccinella cassidea Fabricius, 1775: 82 (TE in ?), 1787: 58, 1792: 278, 1801: 368.
Chelymorpha cassidea: Crotch, 1873: 77; Provancher, 1877: 685; Spaeth, 1914 g: 58; Barber, 1916: 119; Chittenden, 1924: 43-51 (biology, fig., larva, pupa); Blackwelder, 1946: 744; Balsbaugh and Hays, 1972: 190; Wilcox, 1975: 152; Riley and Enns, 1979: 80; Lawson, 1991: 574 (larva); Borowiec, 1996 a: 157, 1999 d: 96; Mohamedsaid, 2000 b: 376; Borowiec and Skuza, 2004: 448 (spermatheca).
Cassida cribraria: Olivier, 1790: 383, 1808: 956, not Fabricius, 1775; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3639 (as syn. of argus); Spaeth, 1914 g: 58 (as syn. of cassidea).
Cassida argus Lichtenstein, 1795: 66 (TE unknown); Schoenherr, 1817: 230; Spaeth, 1914 g: 58 (as syn. of cassidea).
Cassida argus Herbst, 1799: 278; Olivier, 1808: 956 (as syn. of cribraria).
Chelymorpha Argus Boheman, 1854: 38, 1856: 78, 1862: 204; Suffrian, 1868: 241; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3639.
Imatidium septemdecimpunctatum Say, 1824: 435 (TE in ?).
Chelymorpha argus var. 17-punctata: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3639.
Chelymorpha cassidea var. septemdecim-punctata: Spaeth, 1914 g: 58.
Chelimorpha [sic] cassidea 17-punctata: Schaeffer, 1925: 234.
Chelymorpha Argus var. geniculata Boheman, 1854: 39; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3639; Blatchley, 1920: 71.
Chelymorpha cassidea ssp. geniculata: Spaeth, 1914 g: 58; Blackwelder, 1946: 744.
Chelimorpha [sic] cassidea geniculata: Schaeffer, 1925: 234.
Chelymorpha geniculata: Wilcox, 1975: 152.
Chelymorpha Lewisii Crotch, 1873: 77 (HT in MCZ); Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3640.
Chelymorpha cassidea var. Lewisi: Spaeth, 1914 g: 58.
Chelimorpha [sic] cassidea lewisi: Schaeffer, 1925: 234.
Host plant: Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea biloba (Barber, 1916), Ipomoea pandurata (Blatchley, 1920); Convolvulus arvensis, Calystegia sepium (Britten et al., 2003).
Distr.: cassidea: Marylandia; argus Lichtenstein: America australi; argus Herbst: Nordamerika; septemdecimpunctatum: Arkansa; geniculata: Cuba; lewisii: New Mexico. Canada; Cuba; E and C USA, Florida.
figure: habitus in colour (typical form)
figure: habitus in colour (three aberrations)
figure: life specimen