Gratiana pallidula (Boheman, 1854)
Cassida pallidula Boheman, 1854: 457 (HT! in ZMHU!), 1856: 141, 1862: 342; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3657; Champion, 1894: 177.
Gratiana pallidula: Spaeth, 1913 b: 143, 1914 g: 121; Riley, 1986: 104; Buzzi, 1994: 209 (host plant); Borowiec, 1999 d: 375, 2009 f: 672.
Nuzonia pallidula: Blackwelder, 1946: 750; Balsbaugh and Hays, 1972: 194; Wilcox, 1975: 158; Riley and Enns, 1979: 81; Rolston et al., 1965 (biology, larva, pupa).
Gratiana lutescens pallidula: White, 1975: 166.
Cassida texana Crotch, 1873: 78 (HT in MCZ); Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3659; Riley, 1882: 679 (biology); Champion, 1894: 177 (as syn. of pallidula); Spaeth, 1914: 121 (in syn. of pallidula).
Host plant: Solanaceae: Solanum elaeagnifolium, S. carolinense (Riley, 1882, 1883); S. carolinense (Barber, 1916); Solanum xanti (Coquillet, 1892); Solanum carolinense (Balsbaugh and Hays, 1972); S. carolinense, S. rostratum (Riley and Enns, 1979); S. carolinense, S. elaegnifolium, S. xanti (Rolston et al., 1965).
Distr.: pallidula Mexico ad Oaxaca; texana: Texas. USA: Texas, S California; Mexico: Chihuahua, Northern Sonora, Juarez, Oaxaca.
figure: habitus in colour