Conchyloctenia bipuncticollis (Boheman 1854)

Elytra yellow, punctuation of elytra strong, with irregular pattern of reddish spots, never with black. Pronotum yellow, with two small red or black round spots.

Detailled description and figure in Borowiec 1994, page 54

Original description in:
Boheman, C. H., 1854. Monographia Cassididarum. Tomus secundus. Holmiae.
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37920#page/347/mode/1up

Distribution: South Africa, eSwatini, southern Zimbabwe

iNat observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/200289361

References:

https://www.cassidae.uni.wroc.pl/katalog%20internetowy/conchylocteniabipuncticollisfig.htm

Borowiec, L., 1994. A monograph of the Afrotropical Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Part I. Introduction, morphology, key to the genera , and reviews of the tribes Epistictinini, Basiprionotini and Aspidimorphini (except the genus Aspidimorpha). Genus (suppl.), Biologica Silesiae, Wroclaw, 276 pp.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338833187_A_monograph_of_the_Afrotropical_Cassidinae_Coleoptera_Chrysomelidae_Part_I_Introduction_morphology_key_to_the_genera_and_reviews_of_the_tribes_Epistictinini_Basiprionotini_and_Aspidimorphini_except_th

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