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1 March 2003 New Host Plant Associations and Distribution Records for Tortoise Beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) from Southern Africa
Marlin E. Rice
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Abstract

New host or distribution records are presented for 14 species of tortoise beetles from South Africa and Zimbabwe: Aspidimorpha haefligeri Spaeth, A. tecta Boheman, Cassida ancorifera Boheman, C. circumflexa Spaeth, C. dorsovittata Boheman, C. innotata Boheman, C. lacrymosa Boheman, C. lueboensis Spaeth, Chiridopsis nigrosepta Fairmaire, Laccoptera cicatricosa (Boheman), Notosacantha badia (Boheman), N. junodi (Spaeth), N. nervosa (Spaeth), and N. vogeli (Weise). Cassida circumflexa Spaeth, collected in Zimbabwe, was previously only known from the type locality along the coast of Mozambique.

Marlin E. Rice "New Host Plant Associations and Distribution Records for Tortoise Beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) from Southern Africa," The Coleopterists Bulletin 57(1), 79-83, (1 March 2003). https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X(2003)057[0079:NHPAAD]2.0.CO;2
Received: 25 May 2001; Accepted: 1 January 2002; Published: 1 March 2003
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