Deloyala cruciata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cassida cruciata Linnaeus, 1758: 363, 1767: 576; Goeze, 1777: 204; Gmelin, 1787: 1639; De Geer, 1775: 187; Olivier, 1790: 383, 1808: 955 (incl. fig.); Schönherr, 1817: 220 (as syn. of crux).
Aspidimorpha cruciata: Hope, 1840 b: 3, 90.
Aspidomorpha [sic] cruciata: Hope, 1840 b: 27.
Coptocycla cruciata: Boheman, 1855: 396, 1856: 190, 1862: 462.
Chirida cruciata: Chapuis, 1875: 405; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3638; Weise, 1896 b: 14, 1921: 197; Spaeth, 1914: 123, 1942 b: 39; Maulik, 1916: 587; Tenebaum, 1927: 37.
Deloyala cruciata: Blackwelder, 1946: 748; Buzzi, 1994: 208 (host plant); Borowiec, 1996 a: 176, 1999 d: 370, 2002 a: 86, 2009 f: 664; Chaboo and Borowiec, 2003: 75; Borowiec and Moragues, 2005: 260; Flinte et al., 2009: 587; Borowiec and Takizawa, 2011: 443; Fernades and Linzmeier, 2012: 1227.
Cassida Crux Fabricius, 1781: 110 (HT in ZMK), 1787: 64, 1792: 298, 1801: 397; Gmelin, 1787: 1639; Olivier, 1790: 384; Lichtenstein, 1795: 66; Herbst, 1799: 308; Illiger, 1802: 407; Schönherr, 1817: 220; Boheman, 1855: 396 (as syn. of cruciata).
Aspidimorpha crux: Hope, 1840 b: 90.
Coptocycla cruciata var. fuliginosa: Boheman, 1855: 397, 1856: 190, not Olivier, 1808 (misidentification).
Coptocycla hamata Boheman, 1855: 398 (LT! in NRS!), 1856: 190, 1862: 462; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3670.
Chirida hamata: Spaeth, 1914 g: 124.
Deloyala hamata: Blackwelder, 1946: 748.
Host plant: Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea batatas (Monte, 1932 b).
Distr.: cruciata: America; crux: Cayennae; hamata: Brasilia. N Argentina: Jujuy, Misiones, Salta; Bolivia: Buenavista, Coroico; Brazil: Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina; French Guyana: Acarouany, Cayenne, Kourou, Montjoly, Remire, St. Laurent; Guyana: Georgetown; Paraguay: Alto Parana, Itabo; Peru: Huallaga, Loreto, Satipo, Tocache; Trinidad; Venezuela: Aragua, Bolivar, Miranda, Sucre.
figure: habitus in colour (two forms)
figure: life specimen
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