Phytodectoidea quatuordecimpunctata (Boheman, 1854)

Chelymorpha 14-punctata Boheman, 1854: 40 (LT!, PLT! in NRS), 1856: 78, 1862: 206; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3641 (quatuordecimpunctata); Champion, 1893: 156.

Phytodectoidea 14-punctata: Spaeth, 1909 b: 718, 1914 g: 56 (quatuordecim-punctata); Blackwelder, 1946: 744; Wilcox, 1975: 152; Noguera, 1988: 299; Borowiec, 1996 a: 216, 1999 d: 129, 2002 a: 111, 2009 f: 697.

Phytodectoidea quatuodecompunctata [sic]:; Mohamedsaid, 2000 b: 377.

Chelymorpha conjugata Boheman, 1854: 43 (LT!, PLT! in NRS), 1856: 78, 1862: 207; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3639.

Chelymorpha 14-punctata var. conjugata: Champion, 1893: 156.

Chelymorpha quatuordecimpunctata var. conjugata: Champion, 1893: 156.

Phytodectoidea 14-punctata var. conjugata: Spaeth, 1909 b: 718.

Phytodectoidea quatuordecimpunctata var. conjugata: Spaeth, 1914 g: 56; Blackwelder, 1946: 744; Wilcox, 1975: 152.

Chelymorpha sedecim-stillata Boheman, 1856: 78 (TE in BMNH), 1856: 78, 1862: 206; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3641; Champion, 1893: 156 (as syn. of 14-punctata).

Host plant: Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea wolcottiana (Noguera, 1988), I. arborea (R. Brooks, pers. comm.).

Distr.: quatuordecimpunctata: Mexico; conjugata: Mexico; sedecimstillata: Mexico. Mexico: Acapulco, Atlixco, Guerrero, Matamoros Izucar, Mexico, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla.

figure: habitus in colour (two forms)

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