Chiridopsis nigrosepta (Fairmaire, 1891)
Coptocycla nigrosepta Fairmaire, 1891: 306 (LT! in MNHN, PLT! in MNHN!, MM!); Gestro, 1895: 470; Kolbe, 1898: 345.
Chirida nigrosepta: Weise, 1899 a: 245; Spaeth, 1899: 221, 1910: 276, 1912 b: 504, 1914 g: 127.
Chiridopsis nigrosepta: Spaeth, 1922 b: 1003, 1924: 340, 352, 1933 a: 355, 1935 a: 176, 1938 b: 64; Shaw, 1960: 371, 1961: 35; Borowiec, 1985 b: 242, 1999 d: 300; Heron and Borowiec, 1997: 629; Rice, 2003: 81; Borowiec & Świętojańska, 2017: 39 (incl. colour photos).
Coptocycla vernicata Fairmaire, 1891: 306 (HT! in MNHN!); Kolbe, 1898: 345; Borowiec & Świętojańska, 2017: 39 (as syn. of nigrosepta).
Chirida vernicata: Spaeth, 1912 b: 504, 1914 g: 127.
Chiridopsis nigrosepta ab. vernicata: Spaeth, 1922 b: 1003, 1924: 341.
Chiridopsis nigrosepta vernicata Spaeth, 1924: 351.
Chirida Ariadne Weise, 1896 c: 25 (LT!, PLT! in ZMHU!), 1912: 97; Spaeth, 1914 g: 126, 1933 a: 356 (as syn. of nigrosepta).
Chiridopsis ariadne: Spaeth, 1924: 352, 1935 a: 176.
Cassida circumcincta Weise, 1919: 204 (HT in ZSM); Spaeth, 1933 a: 355 (as syn. of vernicata); Borowiec & Świętojańska, 2017: 39 (as syn. of nigrosepta).
Cassida (Aethiopocassis) circumcincta: Spaeth, 1924: 320.
Host plant: Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea arborescens, I. ficifolia, I. fistulosa, I. wightii (Heron and Borowiec, 1997; Heron 2011).
Distr.: nigrosepta: Afrique Orientale; vernicata: Afrique Orientale; ariadne: Quango; circumcincta: ?. Angola; Ethiopia; Kenya; Rwanda; South Africa; Tanzania; Uganda; Zaire; Zambia; Zimbabwe.
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