Laccoptera (Orphnodella) cicatricosa Boheman, 1855
Laccoptera cicatricosa Boheman, 1855: 62 (ST! in NRS!, OXUM); 1856: 154; 1862: 383; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3662; Chapuis, 1880: 31; Heron and Borowiec, 1997: 627; Staines, 2002 b: 8; Rice, 2003: 81; ; Heron, 2003 b: 32; Heron, 2004: 455-468 (imm. stages, bionomy), 2011; 138; Borowiec, 2005 e: 128, 2010 c: 570.
Laccoptera (Orphnodella) cicatricosa: Borowiec, 1999 d: 222.
Cassida Abyssinica Boheman, 1856: 117 (TE in MNHN); 1862: 285; Borowiec, 1997: 663 (as syn. of cicatricosa).
Aspidomorpha abyssinica: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3647.
Orphonodella abyssinica: Spaeth, 1902 c: 20.
Laccoptera (Orphnodella) abyssinica: Spaeth, 1909 d: 285; 1914 g: 84; 1922 b: 1001; 1924: 307; 1932 d: 229; 1938 b: 61; Shaw, 1960: 370; Tiberghien, 1976: 179.
Laccoptera (Orphonodella) abyssinica: Borowiec, 1994 a: 181 (incl. fig.).
Laccoptera abyssinica: Spaeth, 1912 b: 508; Borowiec, 1985 b: 239; 1985 c: 445, 1995 d: 369; Mohamedsaid, 2000 b: 376.
Laccoptera submetallica Chapuis, 1880: 31 (HT! in MZSNG!); Spaeth, 1909 d: 286 (as syn. of abyssinica).
Orphonodella submetallica: Spaeth, 1902 c: 20.
Orphonoda submetallica: Weise, 1899 a: 253.
Laccoptera ferruginea Linell, 1896: 696 (TE in USNM); Spaeth, 1924: 308 (as syn. of abyssinica).
Orphonodella ferruginea: Spaeth, 1902 c: 20.
Laccoptera (Laccoptera) ferruginea: Spaeth, 1914 g: 84.
Laccoptera (Orphnodella) abyssinica ab. ferruginea: Spaeth, 1922: 1001.
Orphonoda ruginosa var. usambarica Weise, 1899 a: 254 (LT!, PLT! in ZMHU!).
Orphonodella ruginosa var. usambarica: Spaeth, 1902 c: 20.
Laccoptera (Orphnoda) usambarica: Weise, 1904 a: 57.
Laccoptera usambarica: Spaeth, 1909 d: 285 (as syn. of abyssinica), 1924: 308 (as syn. of ferruginea).
Laccoptera abyssinica ab. usambarica: Spaeth, 1912 b: 508.
Laccoptera (Orphnodella) abyssinica ab. usambarica: Spaeth, 1914 g: 85; Shaw, 1972: 71.
Laccoptera ruginosa v. usambarica: Borowiec, 1987 b: 415.
Orphonoda ruginosa var. atra Weise, 1899 a: 254 (ST! in ZMHU!).
Laccoptera usambarica var. atra: Spaeth, 1909 d: 285 (as syn. of abyssinica).
Laccoptera (Orphnodella) aethiopica Spaeth, 1938 b: 59 (HT! in MCSNT!); Shaw, 1972: 71; Borowiec, 1994 a: 181 (as syn. of abyssinica).
Laccoptera (Orphnodella) minima Spaeth, 1932 d: 230 (HT! in BMNH!); Borowiec, 1994 a: 181 (as syn. of abyssinica).
Host plants: Convolvulaceae: Convolvulus farinosus, Hewittia sublobata, Ipomoea alba, I. batatas, I. cairica, I. congesta, I. ficifolia, I. wightii (Heron and Borowiec, 1997); Astripomoea lachnosperma (Rice, 2003).
Distr.: abyssinica: Abyssinia; cicatricosa: Senegallia; submetallica: Abyssinien: Bogos: a Sciotel ; ferruginea: Jombene Range; usambarica: Usambara: Mombo, Kwai, Korogwe; atra: Usambara; aethiopica: Gota (Harar); minima: Kenya Prot.: Meru. Angola; Botswana; Cameroon; Erythrea; Ethiopia; Gabon; Kenya; Malawi; Mozambique; Namibia; Republic of Central Africa; Senegal; South Africa; Sudan; Tanzania; Zaire; Zambia; Zimbabwe.
figure: habitus in colour (two forms)