Aspidimorpha confinis (Klug 1835)

Original description in:
Klug, J., 1835. Verzeichnis von Thieren und Pflanzen, welche auf einer Reise um die Erde, gesammelt wurden von A. Erman. Berlin
https://www.google.de/books/edition/Reise_um_die_Erde_durch_Nord_Asien_und_d/bYVZAAAAcAAJ?hl=de&gbpv=1&dq=cassida%20confinis&pg=PA48&printsec=frontcover

Redescription in:
Boheman, C. H., 1854. Monographia Cassididarum. Tomus secundus. Holmiae.
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37920#page/266/mode/1up
Translated from Latin:
Rounded, slightly convex, slightly shiny, light green above, stramineous underneath; the last joint of the antennae is black; prothorax finely punctate on the back, wrinkled on the outside; the back of the elytra is often vaguely punctate; margin flattened, more evidently wrinkled-punctate; shoulders slightly prominent in front, slightly rounded.

Photo of adult in:
Coache, A., Rainon, B., 2020.
Contribution a la connaissance des Cassidinae du Benin (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Faunitaxys, 8(11).
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342211017_Coache_et_Rainon_2020_Contribution_a_la_connaissance_des_Cassidinae_du_Benin_Faunitaxys_811_1-53

Description and figures of immature stages in:
Muir, F. & Sharp, D. 1904. On the egg cases and early stages of some Cassididae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (1904): 1-23.
ootheca: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/51001#page/44/mode/1u
Plate 2, fig 10, 11 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/51001#page/979/mode/1up
larva & adult: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/51001#page/49/mode/1up
Plate 4, fig 22a, 22b https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/51001#page/983/mode/1up

Host plant records: Ipomoea batatas, Ipomoea cairica, Ipomoea ficifolia, Ipomoea obscura, Ipomoea wightii, Merremia tuberosa

Distribution: Widespread in the Afrotropical region.

iNat observations:
adult: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/214399602
larva: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/210015303
pupa: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/214401224

Posted on 12 de maio de 2024, 03:47 PM by traianbertau