Helocassis testudinaria (Boheman, 1855)
Coptocycla testudinaria Boheman, 1855: 390 (LT! in NRS!, PLT! in NRS!, IZPAS!), 1856: 189, 1862: 461; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3675; Champion, 1894: 206; Węgrzynowicz and Wąsowska, 1996: 44.
Metriona (Metriona) testudinaria: Spaeth, 1914 g: 141.
Metriona testudinaria: Blackwelder, 1946: 753; Freude, 1949: 127; Wilcox, 1975: 159.
Plagiometriona (Parametriona) testudinaria: Spaeth, 1937 b: 145; Noguera, 1988: 305.
Plagiometriona testudinaria: Maes and Staines, 1991: 49; Windsor et al., 1992: 390; Borowiec, 1996 a: 222; Flowers and Janzen, 1997: 356.
Helocassis testudinaria: Borowiec, 1999 d: 376, 2002 a: 94, 2009 f: 673.
Plagiometriona clavata testudinaria: Riley et al., 2001: 5.
Metriona testudinacea [sic!]: Haitlinger, 1994: 83 (parasite).
Coptocycla asperata Boheman, 1855: 395 (ST in BMNH), 1856: 190, 1862: 462; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3666; Champion, 1894: 207.
Metriona testudinaria var. asperata: Spaeth, 1914 g: 141; Blackwelder, 1946: 753; Wilcox, 1975: 159.
Plagiometriona (Parametriona) testudinaria ab. asperata: Spaeth, 1937 b: 145.
Deloyala clavata diversicollis Schaeffer, 1925: 235 (TE in ?); Riley et al., 2001: 5 (as syn. of testudinaria).
Plagiometriona (Parametriona) clavata ab.diversicollis: Spaeth, 1937 b: 145.
Plagiometriona clavata s. diversicollis: Wilcox, 1975: 158.
Host plant: Solanaceae: Solanum hazeni (Noguera, 1988); Solanum seaforthianum, Physalis cordata (Windsor et al., 1992); Lycopersicon esculentum (Flowers and Janzen, 1997).
Distr.: testudinaria: Mexico; asperata: Mexico; diversicollis: Texas: New Braunfels, Brownsville; Arizona: Prescott, Huachuca Mts. Belize; Colombia; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico: Chiapas, Jalisco, Michoacan, Morelos, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan; Panama; USA: Arizona, Florida; Venezuela: Maracay, Merida.
figure: habitus in colour (typical form)
figure: habitus in colour (dark aberrations)previous species: maculicollis