Cassida litigiosa Boheman, 1854

Cassida litigiosa Boheman, 1854: 481 (LT! in NRS!), 1856: 145, 1862: 348; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3655; Borowiec, 1985 b: 241, 1995 d: 371, 1999 d: 262, 2005 e: 127; Heron and Borowiec, 1997: 631; Borowiec and Świętojańska, 2001 b: 158 (incl. fig.); Borowiec & Świetojańska, 2022: 102 (colour photo).

Odontionycha litigiosa: Weise, 1904 b: 173.

Cassida (Odontionycha) litigiosa: Spaeth, 1914 g: 93; Shaw, 1956 a: 271.

Cassida litiogosa [sic]: Mohamedsaid, 2000 b: 376.

Cassida tenera Boheman, 1854: 483 (HT! in ZMHU!), 1856: 145, 1862: 349; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3659; Spaeth, 1939 b: 19 (as syn. of litigiosa).

Cassida (Odontionycha) tenera: Spaeth, 1914 g: 93.

Cassida aridella Weise, 1908: 151 (TE! in ZMHU!); Borowiec, 1999 d: 262 (as syn. of litigiosa).

Cassida (Cassida) aridella: Spaeth, 1914 g: 118.

Cassida porracea Chevrol.: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3655 (nomen nudum).

Host plants: Amaranthaceae: Amaranthus hybridus, A. viridis (Heron and Borowiec, 1997); Chenopodiaceae: Atriplex nummularia, Chenopodium album, Rhagodia parabolica (Heron and Borowiec, 1997); Salvadoraceae: Salvadora persica – adults only (Heron and Borowiec, 1997); Polygonaceae: Emex australis (Heron and Borowiec, 1997).

Distr.: litigiosa: Caput Bonae Spei, Senegallia; tenera: Caput Bonae Spei; aridella: ?. Angola; Botswana; Namibia; South Africa; S Zambia; Zimbabwe.

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