Oocassida cruenta (Fabricius, 1792)

Cassida cruenta Fabricius, 1792: 293 (HT in ZMK), 1801: 389; Herbst, 1799: 332; Schönherr, 1817: 212; Hope, 1840 b: 89; Boheman, 1854: 416, 1856: 133, 1862: 329; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3653; Duvivier, 1891: 50.

Oocassida cruenta: Spaeth, 1914 g: 88, 1929 c: 239; Maulik, 1919: 356 (incl. fig.); Takizawa, 1980: 32 (larva, pupa, biology), 1985 a: 6; Basu and Halder, 1987: 238; Borowiec, 1990 a: 706, 1996 b: 41, 1999 d: 312, 2001 e: 542; Borowiec and Takizawa, 1991: 639; Kimoto, 2005: 112; Sultan et al., 2008: 97 (host plants); Borowiec and Sekerka, 2010: 380; Ghosh et al., 2023: 27.

Cassida obscura Fabricius, 1792: 295 (HT in ZMK), 1801: 392; Herbst, 1799: 332; Schönherr, 1817: 217; Boheman, 1854: 415, 1856: 133, 1862: 329; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3656; Borowiec, 1999 d: 312 (as syn. of cruenta).

Thyreaspis obscura: Hope, 1840 b: 89.

Oocassida obscura: Maulik, 1919: 359; Spaeth, 1929 c: 239; Borowiec, 1996 b: 41; Kimoto, 2005: 112.

Cassida unicolor Fabricius, 1801: 391 (ST in ZMK); Schönherr, 1817: 216; Hope, 1840 b: 89; Boheman, 1854: 415 (as syn. of obscura).

Cassida obscura var. unicolor: Boheman, 1854: 133; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3656.

Oocassida obscura ab. unicolor: Spaeth, 1914 g: 88.

Cassida corrosa Dej.: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3656 (nomen nudum).

Cassida obscura var. oeanthe Buquet: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3656 (nomen nudum).

Host plant: Rhamnaceae: Ziziphus nummularia (Takizawa, 1985 a; Sultan et al., 2008).

Distr.: cruenta: India orientali; obscura: India orientali; unicolor: India orientali. Bangladesh; India: Orissa, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal; Nepal; Pakistan.

figure: habitus in colour (two forms)

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