HISPINAE, Gyllenhal, 1813

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SUBFAMILY HISPINAE

TRIBE MESOMPHALIINI

Chelymorpha cribraria (Fabricius) 1775: 90 ( Cassida ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 480; Blackwelder 1944- 1957: 744; Takizawa 2003: 99; Ivie et al. 2008b: 255. = Chelymorpha multipunctata Olivier 1790: 384 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 745; Woodruff et al. 1998: 17; Takizawa 2003: 99 (synonymy). Distribution. Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Barthélemy, St. John, St. Vincent. USA (FL), Central America , Colombia, French Guiana, Paraguay, Brazil; widespread New World. Notes Feeds on species of Ipomoea spp. and other members of Convolvulaceae .

Chelymorpha multipunctata Olivier 1790: 384 . = C. polysticha Boheman 1854: 56 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 480 of Guadeloupe; Champion 1897b: 279 of St. Vincent. Distribution. Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, St. Barthélemy, St. Vincent; widespread Antilles endemic.

TRIBE CASSIDINI

Charidotella sexpunctata (Fabricius) 1781: 109 ( Cassida ); Takizawa 2003: 98; Cooter 1983: 185 ( Metriona trisignata ) according to Ivie et al. 2008b: 255. = Coptocycla bicolor (Fabricius) 1798: 83 ( Cassida ); Champion 1897b: 279; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 751 ( Metriona ). = Coptocycla bistripunctata Olivier 1790: 382 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 481 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Antigua, Bequia, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, St. Croix, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent. USA, Mexico to Costa Rica, Venezuela to Argentina; widespread New World. Notes. Feeds on species of Ipomoea spp. and various Convolvulaceae .