Chiridopsis aequinoctialis (Olivier, 1808)
Cassida aequinoctialis Olivier, 1808: 966 (TE in ?, incl. fig.).
Coptocycla aequinoctialis: Boheman, 1855: 196, 1856: 169, 1862: 421; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3665.
Chirida aequinoctialis: Weise, 1896 a: 14, 1896 c: 23; Spaeth, 1903 c: 179, 1914 g: 126, 1916 b: 41.
Chiridopsis
aequinoctialis: Spaeth, 1924: 352; Shaw, 1956 b: 596, 1972: 77; Borowiec, 1985 b: 241, 1985 c: 448, 1999 d:
296; Haitlinger, 2009 a: 98 (parasites); Borowiec & Świętojańska, 2017: 9 (incl. colour photos); Coache & Rainon, 2020: 30 (colour photo).
Coptocycla grammica Boheman, 1862: 423 (HT! in BMNH!); Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3670, Spaeth, 1914 g: 131.
Chiridopsis grammica: Spaeth, 1924: 351; Borowiec, 1986 a: 807.
Coptocycla Kraatzi Wagener, 1880: 161 (ST! in MM!); Borowiec & Świętojańska, 2017: 9 (as syn. of aequinoctialis).
Chirida Kraatzi: Weise, 1896 c: 23; Spaeth, 1914 g: 126.
Chiridopsis aequinoctialis ab. Kraatzi: Spaeth, 1924: 339.
Host plant: Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea sp. (Borowiec & Świętojańska, 2017).
Distr.: aequinoctialis: Oware et le Benin; grammica: Bissao; kraatzi: not given (Aschanti from title). Benin; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Ethiopia: Ilubabor; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea Bissau; Ivory Coast; Nigeria; Republic of Central Africa; Republic of Congo; Senegal; Sierra Leone; S Sudan; Togo; Uganda; Zaire.
figure: habitus in colour
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