Stolas conspersa (Germar, 1824)

Cassida conspersa Germar, 1824: 534 (LT! in ZMHU!).

Mesomphalia conspersa: Boheman, 1850: 247, 1856: 42, 1862: 111; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3631; Wagener, 1881: 65.

Pseudomesomphalia conspersa: Spaeth, 1914 g: 35.

Stolas conspersa: Blackwelder, 1946: 738; Fain, 1987: 94, 101, 106 (phoretic mites); Haitlinger, 1991: 397, 1993 b: 277 (phoretic mites); Borowiec, 1996 a: 232, 1999 d: 136, 2002 a: 118, 2009 f: 705; Chaboo, 2002 b: 719; Flinte et al., 2008: 201 (colour photo pl. 17 F), 2009: 599 (colour photo p. 614); Borowiec and Takizawa, 2011: 457; Cedeño and Chaboo, 2020 a: 502-505 (biology, incl. colour photos); Simoes et al. 2024: 594.

Mesomphalia consobrina Boheman, 1850: 258 (LT! in ZMHU!), 1856: 43, 1862: 116; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3631; Wagener, 1881: 67; Spaeth, 1917 b: 30 (as syn. of conspersa).

Pseudomesomphalia consobrina: Spaeth, 1914 g: 35.

Stolas consobrina: Blackwelder, 1946: 738.

Pseudomesomphalia conspersa ssp. baturiteana Spaeth, 1940 a: 143 (ST in MTD).

Mesomphalia stigmata Dej.: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3631 (nomen nudum).

Host plant: Asteraceae: Mikania cordifolia (Flinte et al., 2008); ?Cucurbitaceae: Cucurbita pepo (Biezanko et al., 1949); Mikania sp. (Cedeño and Chaboo, 2020).

Distr.: conspersa: Brasilia; consobrina: Brasilia; baturiteana: Pacoty in der Sierra de Baturite. Brazil: Amazonas, Ceara, Distr. Federal, Espirito Santo, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo; Paraguay: Bernardino, Villarica.

figure: habitus in colour
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