Charidotella (s. str.) sexpunctata (Fabricius, 1781)

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 : 672

* Charidotella (s. str.) sexpunctata (Fabricius, 1781)

Published records. Barueri; Bosque da Saúde (Bඈඋඈඐංൾർ 1996); Saltinho (Lඈඉൾඌ et al. 2016).

Additional record. BRAZIL: Sඞඈ Pൺඎඅඈ: Taubaté, 27.x.2005, 1 spec., Z. Tüdös leg. (OKZC).

Distribution. Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil (Amazonas, Bahia, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, Rondônia, Santa Catarina, São Paulo), Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guiana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, and Venezuela.

Remarks. Charidotella sexpunctata as presently understood is a widely distributed species with many local forms. All specimens collected by J. Mráz belong to the form characterized by larger size of body, bright red/ orange-coloured elytra with large black spots in dead specimens.