Aethiopocassis vigintimaculata (Thunberg, 1789)

Cassida vigintimaculata Thunberg, 1789: 219 (LT in Uppsala); Herbst, 1799: 264 (20 maculata); Schönherr, 1817: 219; Boheman, 1854: 354, 1856: 121, 1862: 296; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3659; Kolbe, 1898: 344; Spaeth, 1906: 398; Sekerka, 2008 b: 305 (LT designation).

Cassida (Cassida) vigintimaculata: Spaeth, 1914 g: 117.

Cassida (Aethiopocassis) vigintimaculata: Spaeth, 1924: 321.

Aethiopocassis vigintimaculata: Shaw, 1956 a: 272; Heron and Borowiec, 1997: 633; Borowiec, 1999 d: 233; Heron, 2003 b: 33; Borowiec & Świętojańska 2018: 62 (colour photo).

Cassida nigronotata Dej.: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3659 (nomen nudum).

Host plants: Acanthaceae: Thunbergia atriplicifolia, T. dregeana (Heron and Borowiec, 1997).

Distr. : Ind. or. (after type label). S Mozambique; South Africa.

figure: habitus in colour (typical form)
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habitus in colour (aberrations)

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