Chelymorpha constellata (Klug, 1829)
Cassida constellata Klug, 1829: 7 (LT!, PLT! in ZMHU!).
Chelymorpha constellata: Boheman, 1854: 10, 1856: 74, 1862: 196; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3639; Spaeth, 1914 g: 58, 1942 b: 30; Marques, 1932: 6; Blackwelder, 1946: 744; Borowiec, 1996 a: 158, 1998 b: 171, 1999 d: 98, 2002 a: 71; Faveri et al., 2004: 475-480 (bionomy); Nogueira de Sa et al., 2004: 650 (bionomy); Borowiec and Skuza, 2004: 443 (spermatheca); Borowiec and Moragues, 2005: 257; Flinte et al., 2009: 581 (colour photo p. 609); Borowiec and Takizawa, 2011: 436; Simões et al., 2021: 206.
Chelymorpha constellata var. aeneo-maculata Boheman, 1854: 11 (ST! in NRS!); Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3639; Spaeth, 1914 g: 58 (as syn. of constellata).
Chelymorpha distinguenda Boheman, 1854: 13 (LT! in NRS!), 1856: 74; Spaeth, 1914 g: 58 (as syn. of constellata).
Chelymorpha constellata var. distinguenda: Boheman, 1862: 196; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3639.
Chelymorpha affinis Chevrol.: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3639 (nomen nudum).
Chelymorpha incerta Chevrol.: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3639 (nomen nudum).
Host plant: Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea batatas (Marques, 1932); Ipomoea pescaprae, I. imperati (de Faveri et al., 2004).
Distr.: constellata: Süd-Brasilien; aeneomaculata: Brasilia; distinguenda: Brasilia. N Argentina; Brazil: Distr. Federal, Minas Geraes, Pará, Parana, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina; French Guyana; Peru: Chanchamayo, Loreto.
figure: habitus in colour (typical form)
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