Calligrapha (Zygogramma) signatipennis Stål, 2024

Clark, Shawn M., Douglas, Hume B. & Cavan, Daniel J., 2024, Notes on Calligrapha Chevrolat (Subgenus Zygogramma Chevrolat) and Tritaenia Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 78 (2), pp. 281-295 : 286

Calligrapha (Zygogramma) signatipennis Stål , new combination

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Calligrapha signatipennis Stål 1859: 321 .

This species was originally described in Calligrapha , but it was subsequently treated in Zygogramma for many years. Maes and Gómez-Zurita (2016) returned it to Calligrapha , publishing the combination “ Calligrapha (Zygospila) signatipennis ”. Riley et al. (2003) listed this species from Arizona, Mexico, and Central America. Likely hosts are in the Asteraceae , but the insects have also been reported from plants in numerous other families ( Clark et al. 2004).

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Fig. 1. Dorsal habitus of Calligrapha (Zygogramma) and Tritaenia species. A) C. (Z.) arizonica, B) C. (Z.) conjuncta, C) C. (Z.) pallida, D) C. (Z.) continua, E) C. (Z.) disrupta, F) C. (Z.) estriata, G) C. (Z.) exclamationis, H) C. (Z.) heterothecae, I) C. (Z.) malvae, J) C. (Z.) opifera, K) C. (Z.) piceicollis, L) C. (Z.) signatipennis, M) C. (Z.) suturalis, N) C. (Z.) suturalis, O) C. (Z.) tortuosa, P) T.(Ithygramma) cognata, Q) T.(Tritaenia) quinquevirgata. Scale bars = 2 mm.