Craspedonta leayana (Latreille, 1807)

Imatidium Leyanum Latreille, 1807: 50 (TE in ?MNHN).

Cassida Leyana: Olivier, 1808: 951 (incl. fig.).

Calopepla Leayana: Boheman, 1850: 9, 1856: 2, 1862: 1; Baly, 1863: 13; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3624; Duvivier, 1891: 49; Weise, 1897: 97; Spaeth, 1914 g: 17; Maulik, 1913: 105, 1919: 307 (incl. fig.); Garthwaite, 1939: 237-277 (biology, imm. stages); Ahmed and Sen-Sarma, 1990: 71-82 (bionomy).

Craspedonta leayana leayana: Chen and Zia, 1961: 439; Yu, 1983: 788, 1986: 671; Chen et al. 1986: 434, 621, pl. X (incl. colour fig.); Borowiec and Sekerka, 2010: 370.

Craspedonta leayana: Chen et al., 1986: 434; Borowiec, 1990 a: 701, 1996 b: 33, 1999 d: 74, 2001 e: 532, 2009 d: 463; Kimoto, 1998 a: 8 (incl. colour photo), 2005: 110 (incl. photo); Medvedev and Sprecher-Uebersax, 1999: 350; Ghate et al. 2003: 522; Świętojańska and Ghate, 2003: 689-700 (larvae).

Calopepla nigriventris Weise, 1897: 98 (LT! in ZMHU!, PLT! in ZMHU!, MM!).

Calopepla Leayana ab. nigriventris: Spaeth, 1914 g: 17.

Calopepla leayana insulana Gressitt, 1938 a: 187 (HT in USNM), 1938 c: 574, 1939: 138; Borowiec and Sekerka, 2010: 370.

Craspedonta leayana insulana: Gressitt, 1952: 451 (incl. fig.); Gressitt and Kimoto, 1963: 944 (incl. fig.); Lizhong, 1982: 52; Yu, 1983: 788, 1986: 671; Chen et al. 1986: 434, 621; Medvedev and Eroshkina, 1988: 121 (as syn. of atritarsis); Yu, 2002: 464.

Craspedonta leaynaa [sic] insulana: Lizhong, 1989: 87.

Calopepla atritarsis Pic, 1927: 21 (ST! in MM!).

Craspedonta leayana atritarsis: Medvedev and Eroshkina, 1988: 121.

Calopepla atritarsis var. notaticeps Pic, 1927: 22 (TE in ?).

C. atritarsis ab. dentata Pic, 1927: 22; Medvedev and Eroshkina, 1988: 121 (as syn. of atritarsis).

Calopepla flavicollis Illig.: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3624 (nomen nudum).

Host plant: Verbenaceae: Gmelina arborea (Maulik, 1919; Gressitt, 1952; Ahmed and Sen-Sarma, 1990; Ghate et al. 2003).

Distr.: leayana: not given; nigriventris: Barway; insulana: Ta Hau, western Hainan Island; Ta Hian, near Five Finger Mountains, south central Hainan; No Kyu Chun, central Hainan; Nga Hon Tung, central Hainan; atritarsis: Cha-Pa; notaticeps: Tien-Yen. Burma; India; China: Hainan; Laos; Nepal; Thailand; Vietnam.

figure: habitus in colour (three forms)
figure:
life specimen, larva and pupae
figure:
feeding pattern on Gmelina arborea

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