Epistictina viridimaculata ( Boheman, 1850 )

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 : 552-553

Epistictina viridimaculata ( Boheman, 1850) ( Fig. 3I )

Epistictia viridimaculata Boheman, 1850:945 . Epistictia parryi Baly, 1863:8 . Epistictia marginata Kirsch, 1875:56 . Epistictia viridimaculata var. collaris Weise, 1897:99 . Epistictia viridimaculata var. trivandrumensis Maulik, 1913:108 .

Material examined. 1 spec., India , Arunachal Pradesh, Namdapha Camp , 15.iv.1981, leg. S. Biswas (17194/H4A) . 2 spec., India , Meghalaya, Tura, 1200–1500 ft., Garo Hills , 15.vii.1917, leg. S.W. Kemp (6809/H4A) . 1 spec., India , Meghalaya, East Khasi Hills, Shillong , 16.viii.1963, leg. A.K. Sen (16216/H4A) . 1 spec., India , Sikkim, Lingjok , 20.v.1962, leg. G. Ramakrishna (1626/H4A).

Distribution in India . Arunachal Pradesh (Namdapha National Park – Basu, 1984); Assam ( Spaeth, 1914c; Vazirani, 1972); Kerala (Thiruvananthapuram “Trivandrum” – Maulik, 1913, 1919); Manipur (Ukhrul – Maulik, 1913, 1919); Meghalaya (Shillong, Tura, Garo Hills, Khasi Hills – Kimoto, 1981; Basu, 2000a; Borowiec, 2001); Punjab ( Maulik, 1919; Vazirani, 1972; Gupta et al., 2019); Sikkim ( Maulik, 1913, 1919; Vazirani, 1972); Uttarkhand (Kumaon – Sekerka & Świętojańska, 2024); West Bengal (Darjeeling, Tista, Mungpu – Maulik, 1913, 1919; Takizawa, 1985b; Borowiec, 1990).

General distribution. Oriental ( India , Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, China, Thailand, Vietnam) and Palaearctic ( China, India , Nepal, Pakistan) (Borowiec, 1999, 2001, 2009; Borowiec & Świętojańska, 2024; Sekerka & Świętojańska, 2024).

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Figure 3. Habitus of the tortoise beetles. A. Notosacantha circumdata (Wagener, 1881); B. Notosacantha maculipennis (Boheman, 1856); C. Basiprionota bimaculata (Thunberg, 1789); D. Basiprionota decemmaculata (Boheman, 1850); E–F. Basiprionota multiplagiata (Wagener, 1881); G. Basiprionota sexmaculata (Boheman, 1850); H. Basiprionota westermanni (Mannerheim, 1844); I. Epistictina viridimaculata (Boheman, 1850).