Hilarocassis exclamationis (Linnaeus, 1767)
Cassida exclamationis Linnaeus, 1767: 577 (TE unknown); Gmelin, 1787: 1641; Fabricius, 1775: 92, 1781: 114, 1787: 65, 1792: 305, 1801: 406; Goeze, 1777: 207; Olivier, 1790: 350, 1808: 947 (incl. fig.); Herbst, 1799: 253; Schoenherr, 1817: 227.
Cyphomorpha exclamationis: Hope, 1840 b: 4, 91.
Mesomphalia Exclamationis: Boheman, 1850: 379, 1856: 64, 1862: 176; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3632; Wagener, 1881: 84; Champion, 1893: 145.
Hilarocassis exclamationis: Spaeth, 1913 b: 133, 1914 g: 49; Barber, 1916: 118; Blackwelder, 1946: 742; Werner, 1960: 94; Wilcox, 1975: 151; Noguera, 1988: 297 (incl. photo); Maes and Staines, 1991: 45; Virrki at al., 1992: 33 (karyotype); Borowiec, 1996 a: 189, 1999 d: 116, 2002 a: 95, 2009 f: 674; Chaboo and Borowiec, 2003: 74, 76.
Host plant: Convolvulaceae: Jacquemontia sp. (Noguera, 1988); Ipomoea sp. (Riley et al., 2002).
Distr.: America. From USA: Arizona to Brazil incl. Antilles.
figure: habitus in colour
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