Polychalca (s. str.) punctatissima (Wolf, 1818)
Cassida punctatissima Wolf, 1818: 81 (TE in ?); Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3626 (as syn. of variolosa).
Polychalca punctatissima: Blackwelder, 1946: 735; Costa Lima, 1955: 238; Haitlinger, 1992: 56, 1993 b: 268 (phoretic mites); Borowiec, 1996: 223, 2002 a: 114, 2009 f: 700; Sekerka, 2004: 161, 2006 c: 100; Borowiec and Takizawa, 2011: 456; Simoes et al. 2024: 594.
Polychalca (s. str.) punctatissima: Viana, 1964 a: 80 (incl. photo); Borowiec, 1999 d: 58; Flinte et al., 2009: 597.
Cassida variolosa Weber, 1801: 50 (TE in ZMK); Fabricius, 1801: 407; Schoenherr, 1817: 228; Gistel, 1831: 309 (not Olivier, 1790).
Polychalca variolosa: Dejean, 1837: 392; Chevrolat in D'Orbigny, 1842: 285.
Desmonota variolosa: Hope, 1840 b: 91; Boheman, 1850: 139, 1856: 22, 1862: 61; Redtenbacher, 1868: 204; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3626; Ohaus, 1914: 225; Bondar, 1928: 588, 1929: 38.
Desmonota (Pilidionota) variolosa: Spaeth, 1913 b: 128, 1914 g: 23.
Cassida smaragdina Vigors, 1826: 240 (TE in ?); Boheman, 1856: 22 (as syn. of variolosa).
Canistra formosa Broun, 1880: 639 (TE in ?); Spaeth, 1914 g: 29; Borowiec, 1999 d: 58 (as syn. of punctatissima).
Host plant: Boraginaceae: Cordia cylindrostachya (Bondar, 1929; Costa Lima, 1955).
Distr.: punctatissima: ?; variolosa: Brasilia; smaragdina: ?; formosa: Taupo district. Argentina: Misiones; Brazil: Bahia, Ceara, Goias, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraiba, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio GRande do Sul, Sao Paulo.
figure: habitus in colour (two forms)