Deloyala guttata (Olivier, 1790)
Cassida guttata Olivier, 1790: 383 (ST in RSME), 1808: 955 (incl. fig.); Staines, 2003: 4.
Coptocycla guttata: Boheman, 1855: 314, 1856: 181, 1862: 445; Suffrian, 1868: 251; Crotch, 1873: 78; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3670.
Chirida guttata: Weise, 1896 b: 14; Barber, 1916: 123; Spaeth, 1936 a: 110.
Deloyala guttata: Blackwelder, 1946: 748; Balsbaugh and Hays, 1972: 195; Wilcox, 1975: 156; Riley and Enns, 1979: 81; Noguera, 1988: 303; Maes and Staines, 1991: 44; Windsor et al., 1992: 390; Virkki et al., 1992: 38 (karyotype); Buzzi, 1994: 208 (host plant); Borowiec, 1996 a: 176, 1999 d: 371; Mohamedsaid, 2000 b: 376; Hull-Sanders et al., 2003: 625-634 (physiol.).
Cassida cruciata: Fabricius, 1775: 90, 1787: 64, 1792: 297, 1801: 397; De Geer, 1775: 187; Herbst, 1799: 354 (misidentification) ; Schönherr, 1817: 220.
Cassida signifera Herbst, 1799: 313 (LT!, PLT! in ZMHU!).
Cassida signifer [sic]: Schönherr, 1817: 220; Klug, 1829: 14.
Coptocycla guttata var. signifer: Boheman, 1855: 315 (as syn. of guttata), 1856: 181.
Coptocycla guttata var. signifera: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3670.
Coptocycla signifera: Champion, 1894: 194.
Chirida signifera: Spaeth, 1914 g: 124.
Coptocycla lucidula Boheman, 1855: 321 (LT! in NRS!), 1856: 182, 1862: 447; Crotch, 1873: 79 (as syn. of guttata); Champion, 1894: 195 (as syn. of immunda).
Coptocycla guttata var. lucidula: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3670.
Chirida signifera ab. lucidula: Spaeth, 1914 g: 124.
Coptocycla trabeata Boheman, 1855: 319 (ST! in NRS!), 1856: 182, 1862: 446; Crotch, 1873: 79 (as syn. of guttata); Champion, 1894: 195 (as syn. of fuliginosa); Spaeth, 1914 g: 124 (in syn. of signifera), part.
Coptocycla guttata var. trabeata: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3670.
Chirida signifera ab. pennsilvanica Spaeth, 1914 g: 124 (new name for Cassida cruciata Fabricius, 1775 not Linnaeus, 1758).
Coptocycla guttata var. vicina Dej.: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3670 (nomen nudum).
Host plant: Convolvulaceae: (Balsbaugh and Hays, 1972); Ipomoea pandurata, Convolvulus sepium (Riley and Enns, 1979); Ipomoea purpurea, Calystegia sepium (Barrows, 1979).
Distr.: guttata: Amérique septentrionale; signifera: ; lucidula: America borealis; trabeata: Mexico, America borealis. Canada; USA; Venezuela.
figure: habitus in colour (two typical forms)
figure: habitus in colour (two aberrations)
figure: habitus in colour (three aberrations)
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