Aspidimorpha (s. str.) obovata (Klug, 1835)

Cassida obovata Klug, 1835: 48 (HT! in ZMHU!); Boheman, 1854: 340, 1856: 120, 1862: 293.

Aspidomorpha obovata: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3650; Weise, 1896c: 17; Spaeth, 1903 c: 172; 1943: 49; Shaw, 1956 b: 593; 1963: 459; 1968 a: 370; 1968 b: 781; Borowiec, 1985 b: 233; 1985 c: 441; 1986 a: 796.

Aspidomorpha (Aspidomorpha) obovata: Spaeth, 1914 g: 76.

Aspidimorpha (Aspidimorpha) obovata: Borowiec, 1997 b: 432 (incl. fig.), 1999 d: 194; Sekerka, 2004: 125 Coache & Rainon, 2020: 14 (colour photo).

Aspidimorpha obovata: Haitlinger, 2002: 12 (associated acari).

Aspidomorpha producta Thomson, 1858: 229 (ST! in MM!); Boheman, 1862: 281; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3650; Weise, 1896 c: 17 (as syn. of obovata).

Aspidomorpha Simonis Wagener, 1880: 162 (ST! in MM!); Weise, 1896 c: 17 (as syn. of producta).

Host plant: Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea batatas (Borowiec, 1997 b).

Distr.: obovata: not given; producta: not given (Gabon from title); simonis: not given (Aschanti from title). Benin; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Ghana; Guinea; Ivory Coast; Liberia; Nigeria; Principe Is.; Republic of Central Africa; Republic of Congo; Sierra Leone; Togo; Uganda; Zaire.

figure: habitus in colour

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