Thlaspida biramosa (Boheman, 1855)
Coptocycla bi-ramosa Boheman, 1855: 408 (HT! in NRS!), 1856: 191 (biramosa), 1862: 464; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3667; Kraatz, 1879: 272; Gorham, 1885: 283.
Thlaspida biramosa: Spaeth, 1914 a: 17, 1914 g: 127; Chen and Zia, 1961: 440; Yu, 1983: 793, 1986: 680; Chen et al., 1986: 560, 634; Medvedev and Eroshkina, 1988: 129; Lizhong, 1989: 88; Borowiec, 1990 a: 707, 1996 b: 43, 1999 d: 318, 2001 e: 543, 2009 d: 472; Peng and Liu, 1992: 615 (fig.); Mohamedsaid, 1993: 47 (colour photo), 2004: 201; Kimoto and Takizawa, 1997: 418 (incl. fig., larva); Kimoto, 1998 a: 48 (incl. colour photo), 1998 b: 107; Lee and An, 2001: 205 (incl. colour photo); Lee and Cho, 2006: 97.
Thlaspida biramosa biramosa: Chen et al., 1986: 561, 634, pl. XIII (incl. colour fig.); Yu, 2002: 466; Borowiec and Sekerka, 2010: 381.
Thlaspida biramosa ssp. omeia Chen et Zia, 1964: 131, 137 (HT! in IZAS!); Chen et al., 1986: 562, 634; Yu, 1986: 680; Borowiec and Sekerka, 2010: 381.
Thlaspida biramosa Weise, 1899 b: 273 (TE in ?); not C. biramosa Boheman.
Thlaspida tristis Weise, 1899 b: 273 (LT!, PLT! in ZMHU!).
Thlaspida biramosa var. tristis: Spaeth, 1914 a: 17, 1914 g: 127.
Thlaspida biramosa ab. tristis: Spaeth, 1926 c: 119.
Thlaspida Formosae Spaeth, 1913 e: 46 (ST! in MM!), 1914 a: 16, 1914 g: 127; Maulik, 1916: 588; Chujô, 1934: 157; Gressitt, 1952: 476; Kimoto, 1966: 647, 1978: 74 (as syn. of cribrosa); Chen et al., 1986: 563, 634; Lizhong, 1989: 88.
Thlaspida formosae ab. immaculatipennis Chujô, 1934: 157 (TE in coll. S. Inamura).
Thlaspida biramosa formosae: Takizawa, 1978 b: 602.
Thlaspida japonica Spaeth, 1914 a: 17 (TE in ?), 1914 f: 130, 1914 g: 127; Spaeth and Reitter, 1926: 64; Chujô, 1934: 156; Gressitt, 1938 a: 191, 1938 b: 385, 1938 c: 583, 1939: 141; Kimoto, 1978: 74 (as syn. of cribrosa).
Thlaspida biramosa japonica: Gressitt, 1952: 475; Gressitt and Kimoto, 1963: 958; Kimoto, 1966: 647.
Thlaspida chinensis Spaeth, in Spaeth and Reitter, 1926: 64 (ST in MM!); Gressitt, 1938 b: 385; Kimoto, 1978: 74 (as syn. of cribrosa); Medvedev and Eroshkina, 1988: 129 (as syn. of biramosa).
Thlaspida biramosa chinensis: Gressitt, 1952: 474; Gressitt and Kimoto, 1963: 958 (incl. fig.); Medvedev and Dan, 1982: 96; Lizhong, 1982: 55; Medvedev and Eroshkina, 1982: 107.
Thlaspida cribrosa: Medvedev, 1957: 553 (misidentification); Takizawa, 1980: 78, 1980 b: 78 (incl. male gen., misidentification); Borowiec, 1985 a: 29 (misinterpretation); An and al., 1985: 14 (misinterpretation); Lee and Park, 1996: 390 (misinterpretation, immature stages); Kimoto and Chu, 1996: 134 (misinterpretation).
Host plant: Verbenaceae: Callicarpa japonica, C. mollis (Chujô and Kimoto, 1961; Lee and Cho, 2006); Callicarpa formosana (Kimoto, 1966); Callicarpa sp. (Takizawa, 1978 b; Medvedev and Dan, 1982).
Distr.: biramosa Boh.: Pulo Penang; biramosa Weise: China: Chinkiang; tristis: Sumatra; omeia: Szechwan: Omeishan; formosae: [Formosa]: Taihorinsho, Taihorin, Fuhosho; immaculatipennis: Taito (Formosa); japonica: Japan, China bor.; chinensis: Tonkin (Choganh), Kwitschou und Szetschwan. Burma; China; Korea; NE India; Japan: Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu; Taiwan; Laos; Malaysia; Thailand; Vietnam.
figure: habitus in colour (two forms)
figure: habitus in clour (ssp. formosae and ssp. japonica)
figure: larvae
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