Chiridopsis scalaris (Weber, 1801)
Cassida scalaris: Weber, 1801: 51 (TE in ?); Fabricius, 1801: 391; Olivier, 1808: 967 (incl. fig.); Schönherr, 1817: 216.
Thyreaspis scalaris: Hope, 1840 b: 89.
Coptocycla scalaris: Boheman, 1855: 124, 1856: 161, 1862: 397; Baly, 1863: 14; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3673.
Metriona scalaris: Weise, 1896 b: 14, 1897: 106, 107; Spaeth, 1900 b: 24.
Chirida scalaris: Spaeth, 1912 d: 120, 1914 g: 125; Maulik, 1916: 588, 1919: 417; Gressitt, 1939: 143.
Chiridopsis scalaris: Spaeth, 1926 c: 119; Chen and Zia, 1961: 440; Medvedev and Dan, 1982: 96; Medvedev and Eroshkina, 1982: 108, 1988: 128; Yu, 1983: 794; Borowiec, 1985 a: 30, 1990 a: 700, 1996 b: 32, 1999 d: 303, 2001 e: 530, 2009 d: 462; Chen et al., 1986: 559, 634, pl. XIII (incl. colour fig.); Zaitsev, 1988: 150 (larva); Mohamedsaid, 1993: 47 (colour photo), 1994: 371, 2000 a: 359, 2000 b: 376, 2004: 200; Kimoto et al., 1995: 109 (incl. photo); Reid, 1997: 40, 1998: 170; Kimoto, 1998 a: 46 (incl. colour photo), 1998 b: 91; Medvedev, 2000 b: 182; Borowiec and Sekerka, 2010: 379.
Cassida pulchra Sturm, 1826: 112 (nomen nudum).
Host plant: Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea sp., Pharbitis sp. (Medvedev and Dan, 1982).
Distr.: Sumatra. Andaman Is.; Burma; China: Yunnan; NE India; Indonesia: Borneo, Java, Sumatra; Laos; Malaysia: Pahang, Perak, Sarawak, Selangor, Tamerluh; Philippines: Palawan; Thailand; Vietnam.
figure: habitus in colour
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