Aspidimorpha (s. str.) australasiae (Boisduval, 1835)
Cassida australasiae Boisduval, 1835: 537 (TE in ?MNHN).
Aspidomorpha Australasiae: Boheman, 1854: 308, 1856: 113, 1862: 275; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3648; Masters, 1887: 86; Spaeth, 1903 a: 147; 1906 b: 37; 1913d: 447; 1914: 70; 1932 d: 137; Maulik, 1916: 584; Hawkeswood and Samuelson, 1995: 174; Mohamedsaid, 2000 b: 375.
Aspidimorpha (Aspidimorpha) australasiae: Borowiec, 1992 c: 136 (incl. fig.), 1999 d: 180; Sekerka, 2004: 123.
Aspidimorpha australasiae: Borowiec, 2001 e: 496, 2009 d: 437.
Cassida Guerini Boisduval, 1835: 538 (TE in ?MNHN); Boheman, 1855: 528, 1856: 206, 1862: 488; Masters, 1889: 998; Spaeth, 1903 a: 148 (as possible syn. of australasiae); Borowiec, 1992 c: 136 (as syn. of australasiae).
Aspidomorpha Guerini: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3649; Spaeth, 1903 a: 148.
Aspidomorpha australasiae var. Guerini: Spaeth, 1906 b: 37; 1914 g: 70.
Aspidomorpha Douei Boheman, 1856: 110 (TE in ?), 1862: 265; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3648; Masters, 1887: 86; Spaeth, 1903 a: 148 (as syn. of australasiae).
Aspidomorpha australasiae var. Douei: Spaeth, 1906 b: 37; 1914 g: 70.
Aspidomorpha Australasiae ssp. ramifera Spaeth, 1903 a: 148 (ST! in MM!); 1909 a: 28; 1914 g: 70; Borowiec, 1992 c: 136 (as syn. of australasiae).
Aspidomorpha Australasiae ramifera var. subdivisa Spaeth, 1903 a: 148 (ST! in MM!), 1914 g: 70; Borowiec, 1992 c: 136 (as syn. of australasiae).
Aspidomorpha Australasiae ssp. flyensis Spaeth, 1903 a: 148 (ST! in MM!, MCSNG!); 1913 d: 448; 1914 g: 70; Borowiec, 1992 c: 136 (as syn. of australasiae).
Host plant: Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea batatas (Lever, 1948; Dumbleton, 1954; Szent-Ivany 1956); Ipomoea batatas, I. indica (Hawkeswood and Samuelson, 1995).
Distr.: australasiae: Nouvelle-Hollande; guerini: Nouvelle-Guinée; douei: Nova Hollandia; ramifera: Nova Guinea mer.: Fly river, Ramoi, Katau, Ins. Goodenough, Dilo, Nova Guinea or.: Milne Bai, Paumomu Riv.; subdivisa: Nova Guinea: Milne Bai; flyensis : Nova Guinea mer.: Fly river. Australia: N Queensland, Northern Territory; New Guinea; Solomon Is.: Bougainville.
figure: habitus in colour (the palest forms)
figure: habitus in colour (intermediate forms)
figure: habitus in colour (the darkest forms)