Aspidimorpha (s. str.) icterica Boheman, 1854

Aspidomorpha icterica Boheman, 1854: 306 (LT!, PLT! in NRS!), 1856: 113, 1862: 273; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3649.

Aspidomorpha (Aspidomorpha) icterica: Spaeth, 1914 g: 75.

Aspidimorpha icterica: Heron and Borowiec, 1997: 628; Heron, 2003 b: 32; Borowiec, 2010 c: 545.

Aspidimorpha (Aspidimorpha) icterica: Borowiec, 1997 b: 321 (incl. fig.), 1999 d: 187.

Aspidomorpha flavens Spaeth, 1912 b: 506 (ST! in MM!), 1924: 282, 1925 d: 2, 1943: 52; Borowiec, 1985 b: 234, 1997 b: 321 (as syn.); Mohamedsaid, 2000 b: 375.

Aspidomorpha (Aspidomorpha) flavens: Spaeth, 1914 g: 75.

Aspidomorpha tecta: Paterson, 1941: 2 (immature stages, misidentification).

Host plants: Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea ficifolia (= I. holosericea) (Paterson, 1941); Convolvulus farinosus, Hewittia malambarica (=sublobata), Ipomoea alba, I. arborescens, I. batatas, I. cairica, I. congesta, I. ficifolia, I. fistulosa, I. plebeia, I. wightii (Heron and Borowiec, 1997).

Distr.: icterica: Caffraria interior; Guinea; flavens: Tanzania: Usambara, Plantage Nguelo, Zanquebar, Mhonda-Ouzigoua, Moschi, Britisch-Ostafrika. Burundi; Kenya; Malawi; Mozambique; Ruanda; Somalia; South Africa: Natal; Tanzania; Uganda; E Zaire; Zimbabwe.

figure: habitus in colour (pale forms)
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habitus in colour (dark forms)

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