Polychalma multicava (Latreille, 1811)

Cassida multicava Latreille in Humboldt and Bonpland, 1811: 210 (ST! in NRS!, incl. fig.).

Cyrtonota multicava: Dejean, 1837: 392.

Desmonota multicava: Boheman, 1850: 151, 1856: 24, 1862: 64; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3626; Wagener, 1877: 52; Champion, 1893: 133.

Polychalca multicava: Erichson, 1847: 151; Weise, 1900: 460; Spaeth, 1914 g: 24; 1942 b: 18.

Polychalma multicava: Blackwelder, 1946: 736; Viana, 1964 b: 260 (incl. photo); Wilcox, 1975: 149; Windsor et al., 1992: 389; Borowiec, 1996: 223, 1998 b: 165, 1999 d: 64, 2009 f: 701; Chaboo, 2003 a: 111; Cuignet, 2008: 365, 367 (parasitoids); Świętojańska, 2009: 8.

Polychalca cribrata Weise, 1900 e: 460 (TE! in ZMHU!); Spaeth, 1914 g: 24, 1942 b: 18 (as syn.).

Polychalma cribrata: Blackwelder, 1946: 735.

Host plant: Boraginaceae: Cordia spinescens; Sterculiaceae: Helicteres guazumaefolia (Windsor et al., 1992).

Distr.: multicava: environs de Lima; cribrata: Columbia. Colombia: Bogota, Bonda, Cacagualito, Cali, Copér, Honda, Medina, Muzo, Nare, Paime; Costa Rica: Puntarenas; Ecuador: Pichincha; Panama: Bugaba, Chiriqui, Coclé, Colon, Panama; Peru: Norte del Peru; Venezuela.

figure: habitus in colour

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