Silana farinosa (Boheman, 1856)
Cassida farinosa Boheman, 1856: 146 (ST! in IZPAS!), 1862: 350; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3653.
Silana farinosa: Spaeth, 1914 d: 563, 1914 g: 85; Maulik, 1916: 587, 1919: 454 (incl. fig.); Takizawa, 1980: 37 (pupa), 1985 a: 6; Mohamedsaid and Sajap, 1996: 34 (incl. figure, larva, pupa); Mohamedsaid, 1997: 167-171 (biology), 2000 a: 359, 2004: 201, 2006: 63-72; Kimoto, 1998 b: 105; Borowiec, 1999 d: 317, 2009 d: 472.
Host plant: Rhamnaceae: Ziziphus sp. (Takizawa, 1980, 1985 a); Rutaceae: Murraya koenigii (Mohamedsaid and Sajap, 1996; Mohamedsaid, 1997); Micromelum minutum (Mohamedsaid, 2006).
Distr.: Ceylon. S India; Malaysia: continental, Sabah, Sarawak (introduced); Vietnam: prov. Bac Kan (new record, introduced).
figure: habitus in colour