Cassida catenata ( Boheman, 1855 )

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 : 566

Cassida catenata ( Boheman, 1855) ( Fig. 6B )

Coptocycla catenata Boheman, 1855: 262 .

Material examined. 1 spec., India , West Bengal, Calcutta, Dum Dum (4994/8) . 1 spec., India , Uttarakhand, Kumaon, Bhimtaal , 4500 ft. 19.22. ix.1908 (598/19).

Distribution in India . South India ( Spaeth, 1914c); Arunachal Pradesh (Namdapha National Park – Basu, 1984); Assam (Sibsagar – Borowiec, 1985, 1999); Meghalaya (West Garo Hills, Balphakram National Park – Borowiec, 2001); Sikkim ( Borowiec, 2009); Tripura (Bagma, Shalgara – Basu, 2000b; Agarwala & Bhattacharjee, 2012); Uttarakhand (Bhimtal, Kumaon – Maulik, 1913, 1919); West Bengal (Darjeeling – Mungpu, Jalpaiguri, Kolkata – Maulik, 1913, 1919; Ghosh et al., 2023).

General distribution. Oriental ( Myanmar, India , Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand) and Palaearctic ( Bhutan, India ) ( Borowiec & Świętojańska, 2024; Sekerka & Świętojańska, 2024).

Figures

Figure 6. Habitus of tortoise beetles. A. Cassida belliformis Maulik 1919; B. Cassida catenata (Boheman, 1855); C. D. E. Cassida circumdata Herbst, 1799; F. Cassida conchyliata (Spaeth, 1914); G–H. Cassida delesserti Boheman, 1854; I. Cassida desultrix (Spaeth, 1914).