Review of the Cassidinae of Ecuador, with a description of thirteen ...

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Coptocycla ternata BOHEMAN, 1855: 139; BOROWIEC, 1989 b: 217 (as syn. of sexpunctata).
Metriona (Metriona) trisignata ab. ternata: SPAETH, 1914 g: 141.
Metriona trisignata ab. ternata: WEISE, 1921: 199.
Charidotella sexpunctata ssp. ternata: SPAETH, 1942 b: 36.
Coptocycla biimpressa BOHEMAN, 1855: 140; BOROWIEC, 1989 b: 217 (as syn. of sexpunctata).
Coptocycla trisignata var. bi-impressa: CHAMPION, 1894: 211.
Metriona (Metriona) trisignata ab. biimpressa: SPAETH, 1914 g: 141.
Metriona trisignata ab. biimpressa: BLACKWELDER, 1946: 753.
Coptocycla immerita BOHEMAN, 1855: 346; BOROWIEC, 1989 b: 217 (as syn. of sexpunctata).
Metriona (Metriona) immerita: SPAETH, 1914 g: 139.
Metriona immerita: BLACKWELDER, 1946: 752.
Charidotis sexpustulata DONCKIER, 1884: 154; SPAETH, 1936 c: 99 (as syn. of sexpunctata).
Metriona bicolor floridana SCHAEFFER, 1925: 235; BOROWIEC, 1989 b: 217 (as syn. of sexpunctata).
Host plant: Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea pescaprae (WEISE, 1921); Ipomoea batatas (MONTE, 1932 b);
Ipomoea arborescens, batatas, crassicaulis, leptophyla (WOODROOF, 1976); Calystegia sepium,
Ipomoea purpurea (BARROWS, 1979); Ipomoea pandurata, lacunosa, Convolvulus sepium
(RILEY and ENNS, 1979); Convolvulus spp. (LEBLANC, 1986); Merremia quinquefolia, Ipomoea
spp. (NOGUERA, 1988); Ipomoea cairica, acuminata, batatas (VASCONCELLOS-NETO,
1988); Merremia aegyptia, Ipomoea hederifolia, trifida (WINDSOR et al., 1992).
Distr.: From Canada to N Argentina. New to Ecuador: Azuay, Challcapac,
1360 m, 11 I 1997, 1, A. PAUCAR (UCE); Esmeraldas, Tonsupa, 19 II 1996, 1, M.
BONILLA (UCE).
Genus: Charidotis BOHEMAN, 1854
Charidotis BOHEMAN, 1854: 152 (type species: Charidotis miniata BOHEMAN, 1855, designated by
HINCKS, 1952).
Charidotis ambigua BOHEMAN, 1855: 17.
Charidotis ambigua BOHEMAN, 1855
Distr.: Brazil: Amazonas, Pará, Pernambuco; French Guyana: Cayenne, St.
Laurent; Surinam: Paramaribo. New to Ecuador: Sucumbios, Cuyabeno, 280 m,
29 VIII 1992, 1, I. BENITEZ (UCE).
Charidotis auroguttata BOHEMAN, 1855
Charidotis auroguttata BOHEMAN, 1855: 40.
Charidotis scabriuscula BOHEMAN, 1855: 38; SPAETH, 1936 c: 74 (as syn.).
Host plant: Bignoniaceae: Bignonia exoleta (LIMA, 1955); Macfadyena unguis-cati (FIEBRIG,
1910).
Distr.: Belize; Bolivia: Santa Cruz; Brazil: Amazonas, Goias, Mato Grosso,
Pará, Rio Grande do Sul; Guatemala: Vera Paz; Mexico: Tamaulipas; Paraguay: