Glyphocassis trilineata ( Hope, 1831 )

Gupta, Devanshu, Ghosh, Priyanka, Wani, Irtiza, Bhunia, Debika, Sonali, Shipra & Kumar, Vivek, 2025, A comprehensive checklist and geographic distribution of Tortoise beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) in India, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (3), pp. 543-600 : 581

Glyphocassis trilineata ( Hope, 1831) ( Fig. 8E )

Cassida trilineata Hope, 1831:30 . Glyphocassis trilineata ab. melanosticta Spaeth, 1914b:548. Glyphocassis trilineata szechuana Gressitt, 1952:480 .

Material examined. 4 spec., India , Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur, Narmada Road , 9.viii.1960 leg. S. Chakraborty (2876/H4A, 2877/H4A, 2878/H4A, 2879/H4A) . 4 spec., India , West Bengal, Darjeeling, May-June, 1912, leg. Lord Carmichel (1872/H4).

Distribution in India . Arunachal Pradesh (Dirang – Sekerka & Świętojańska, 2024); Assam ( Maulik, 1919); Chhattisgarh (Durg – Chandra et al., 2018f); Himachal Pradesh (Solan – Takizawa, 1985b; Borowiec, 1985); Madhya Pradesh ( Chandra & Kushwaha, 2013); Maharashtra ( Maulik, 1919); Meghalaya (Jaintia Hills – Nartiana, Jowai Dawki, East Khasi Hills – Shillong – Basu, 2000a); Punjab, Chandigarh – Pajni & Bansal, 1977; Gupta et al., 2019); Sikkim ( Spaeth, 1914b, 1914c; Maulik, 1919; Kimoto, 1981); Uttarakahnd (Mussoorie, Barkot – Borowiec, 1990, 2001, 2009; Bhimtal – Kimoto, 1981); West Bengal (Darjeeling – Maulik, 1919; Takizawa, 1989).

General distribution. Oriental ( India , Laos, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam) and Palaearctic ( China, Nepal) ( Chen et al., 1986; Borowiec & Świętojańska, 2024; Sekerka & Świętojańska, 2024).

Figures

Figure 8. Habitus of tortoise beetles. A–B. Chiridopsis septemnotata (Boheman, 1855); C. Chiridopsis undecimnotata (Boheman, 1855); D. Chiridopsis ventralis (Boheman, 1855); E. Glyphocassis trilineata (Hope, 1831); F. Oocassida cruenta (Fabricius, 1792); G. Oocassida pudibunda (Boheman, 1856); H. Rhytidocassis indicola (Duvivier, 1892); I. Thlaspida cribrosa (Boheman, 1855).