Calligrapha (Zygogramma) heterothecae (Linell) Clark & Douglas & Cavan, 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 : 285

Calligrapha (Zygogramma) heterothecae (Linell) , new combination

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Zygogramma heterothecae Linell 1896: 197 .

This species has been reported from Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and Wyoming ( Ciegler 2007; Riley et al. 2003; Staines and Staines 2009). Beyond this, we have examined specimens from Nebraska (BYUC) and Utah (UMNH). Host plants are species of Heterotheca ( Asteraceae ) ( 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.