Chiridopsis bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Cassida bipunctata Linnaeus, 1767: 578 (TE unknown); Fabricius, 1775: 93 (2 punctata), 1781: 115, 1787: 66, 1792: 307, 1801: 408; Goeze, 1777: 209; Gmelin, 1787: 1643; Olivier, 1790: 392; Herbst, 1799: 271; Schönherr, 1817: 229; Hope, 1840 b: 4.
Thyreaspis bipunctata: Hope, 1840 b: 92.
Coptocycla sexnotata var. bipunctata: Boheman, 1855: 115, 1856: 160, 1862: 394.
Coptocycla bipunctata: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3666.
Chirida bipunctata: Weise, 1896 b: 14, 1905 a: 126; Spaeth, 1914 g: 125; Maulik, 1919: 426.
Chirida bipustulata [sic]: Weise, 1897: 106.
Chiridopsis bipunctata: Takizawa, 1980: 30 (larva, pupa), 1985 a: 7, 1987: 526; Borowiec, 1985 a: 30, 1990 a: 699, 1996 b: 31, 1999 d: 298, 2001 e: 528, 2009 d: 461; Lizhong, 1989: 87; Borowiec and Takizawa, 1991: 638; Kimoto, 1998 a: 43 (incl. colour photo), 1988 b: 89; Mohamedsaid, 2000 b: 376; Ghate et al. 2003: 528; Ghate et al., 2004: 191 (imm. stages, bionomy); Kalaichelvan and Verma, 2005: 1841; Borowiec and Œwiêtojañska, 2007: 288.
Cassida sexnotata Fabricius, 1798: 82 (ST in ZMK), 1801: 394; Herbst, 1799: 271 (6 notata); Olivier, 1808: 962 (incl. fig.); Schönherr, 1817: 217;Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3666 (as syn. of bipunctata).
Thyreaspis sexnotata: Hope, 1840 b: 90.
Coptocycla sexnotata: Boheman, 1855: 115, 1856: 160.
Chirida bipustulata [sic] var. 6-notata: Weise, 1897: 106.
Chirida bipunctata ab. sexnotata: Spaeth, 1914 g: 125.
Coptocycla bipunctipennis Boheman, 1855: 118 (HT! in NRS!), 1856: 160, 1862: 396; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3666; Borowiec, 1997: 666 (as syn. of bipunctata).
Chirida bipunctipennis: Weise, 1905 a: 126; Spaeth, 1914 g: 125; Maulik, 1919: 425.
Coptocycla sexmaculata Boheman, 1855: 114 (LT! in NRS!), 1856: 160, 1862: 393; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3674; Maulik, 1919: 426 (in syn. of bipunctata).
Chirida sexmaculata: Weise, 1896 b: 14, 1905 a: 126; Maulik, 1913: 115; Spaeth, 1914 g: 125.
Coptocycla promiscua Boheman, 1855: 130 (LT! in NRS!, PLT in ZMHU), 1856: 161, 1862: 399; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3672.
Chirida promiscua: Weise, 1897: 106, 1901 a: 52, 1905 a: 126; Maulik, 1913: 115, 1919: 421; Spaeth, 1914 f: 131, 1914 g: 125.
Chiridopsis promiscua: Takizawa, 1985 a: 7, 1987: 527; Borowiec, 1990 a: 700, 1996 b: 31, 2001 e: 528 (as syn. of bipunctata); Borowiec and Takizawa, 1991: 638; Kalaichelvan et al., 2004: 92.
Chirida promiscua var. singularisWeise, 1901: 53 (TE in ?).
Chirida promiscua ab. singularis: Spaeth, 1914 g: 125.
Chiridopsis promiscula [sic! error typogr.]: Takizawa, 1980: 31 (larva, pupa).
Cassida sexnotata Herbst, 1799: 271 (TE in ZMHU), not Fabricius, 1798: 82; Boheman, 1855: 130 (as syn. of promiscua).
Host plant: Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea sp. (Takizawa, 1985); Ipomoea batatas, I. carnea, Quamoclit coccinea (= I. coccinea) (Ghate et al. 2003); Ipomoea biloba (= I. pescaprae) (Ghate et al., 2004); Ipomoea aquatica, I. batatas, I. fistulosa, I. violacea, Merremia emarginata (Kalaichelvan et al., 2004).
Distr.: bipunctata: India orientali; sexnotata: India orientali; bipunctipennis: Trevancour; sexmaculata: Java; Madras; India orientalis; promiscua: India orientalis. Ceylon; India; Thailand: Sam Ngow Tak.
figure: habitus in colour (two pale forms)
figure: habitus in colour (two darker forms)
figure: fecal shield
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