Heterispa costipennis (Boheman, 1859)

Sekerka, Lukáš, 2020, Commented catalogue of Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of the state of São Paulo, Brazil, with remarks on the collection of Jaro Mráz in the National Museum in Prague, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 60 (2), pp. 667-707 : 680

* Heterispa costipennis (Boheman, 1859)

Published records. Santos (Wൾංඌൾ 1906,as H.orientalis Weise,1906 ); São Paulo (UΗආൺඇඇ 1931); Barueri;Cantareira;Cubatão; Diadema; Iporanga; Itu-Pau d’Alho; São Paulo Capital (UΗආൺඇඇ 1964); São Paulo-Ipiranga (Cൺඌൺඋං +|Tൾංඑൾංඋൺ 2004, as H. vinula (Erichson, 1847)) .

Additional records. Sඞඈ Pൺඎඅඈ: Jundiaí, 750 m, 1.–15.xi.1976, 6 spec., A. B. Schneble leg. (SMNS).

Distribution. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo),? Ecuador, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

Remarks. Species of Heterispa Chapuis, 1875 are hard to identify as they are very similar to each other and the widespread species are rather variable with some local forms.The genus was never revised, and the identification of specimens is rather putative. Usually, all specimens with predominantly dark elytra with only humeri pale coloured are identified as H. vinula (Erichson, 1847) . However, the mentioned species is distributed along the Andes, and in southern Bolivia and Argentina it is replaced by H. costipennis distributed in the Paraná Basin and central and eastern Brazil.

Cൺඌൺඋං +|Tൾංඑൾංඋൺ (2004) published a description of larva which was identified as H. vinula . Based on the photograph of the adult available in the same publication, the description certainly belongs to H. costipennis and thus H. vinula does not occur in São Paulo.