Coptocycla (Psalidonota) leprosa (Boheman, 1855)

Psalidonota leprosa Boheman, 1855: 86 (LT! in NRS!), 1856: 157, 1862: 389; Spaeth, 1914 g: 134; Haitlinger, 1993 a: 68 (phoretic mites); Borowiec, 1996 a: 225.

Coptocycla leprosa: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3671; Champion, 1894: 185; Blackwelder, 1946: 749; Wilcox, 1975: 157; Maes and Staines, 1991: 44; Flowers and Janzen, 1997: 354; Borowiec, 2002 a: 80, 2009 f: 658; Cuignet, 2008: 364, 366 (parasitoids).

Coptocycla (Psalidonota) leprosa: Spaeth, 1936 b: 256; Noguera, 1988: 304; Windsor et al., 1992: 390; Borowiec, 1999 d: 364.

Cassida similis Sturm, 1843: 274 (nomen nudum).

Host plant: Boraginaceae: Cordia gargascanthus (Spaeth, 1936 b); Cordia eleagnoides, C. alliodora (Noguera, 1988; Windsor et al., 1992); Cordia alliodora (Flowers and Janzen, 1997).

Distr.: Mexico. Belize; Costa Rica; Guatemala: Vera Paz, Capetillo, Zapote, Pantaleon, Cerro Zunil, El Reposo; Mexico: Chiapas, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Mexico, Michoacan, Tuxtla; Nicaragua: Chontales; Panama: Chiriqui, Bugaba, David, Taboga I., Panama city.

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