Henosepilachna vigintisexpunctata (Boisduval)

Nattier, Romain, Jourdan, Hervé, Mille, Christian & Chazeau, Jean, 2015, An annotated checklist of the Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from New Caledonia, Zootaxa 4058 (3), pp. 301-331 : 315

Henosepilachna vigintisexpunctata (Boisduval)

Coccinella vigintisexpunctata Boisduval, 1835: 590 .

Coccinella doryca Boisduval, 1835: 597 —synonymized by Richards 1983: 25. Epilachna philippinensis Dieke, 1947: 40 —synonymized by Richards 1983: 25. Henosepilachna sparsa vigintisexpunctata: Bielawski 1972: 557 .

Henosepilachna vigintisexpunctata: Jadwiszczak & Wegrzynowicz 2003: 180 .

This is an agricultural and horticultural pest species, widely distributed on both coasts in New Caledonia, where it has spread via roadways into valleys in the Central Range. There are still nomenclatural issues with this taxon ( Li 1993). Host plants are Solanaceae , including cultivated, weedy and wild species. This phytophagous ladybug has been recorded from Australia, Papua New Guinea (including New Britain and New Ireland), Solomon Islands, Fiji Islands, Samoa, Philippines and Vietnam.

Material examined. NEW CALEDONIA: Bourail, Belvédère de la Roche Percée, 23.vii.1988 (J. Chazeau rec.) ( ONNC); Canala, 23.viii.1977 (J. Chazeau rec.) ( ONNC); Canala, vi.1979 (F. Kohler rec.) ( ONNC); Col de la Pirogue, 18.vi.1987 (J. Chazeau rec.) ( ONNC); Col de Temala, 20.ix.1988 (J. Chazeau rec.) ( ONNC); Kaavatch, 11.v.1979 (B. Sallée rec.) ( ONNC); Ile Walpole, 1115. viii.1988 (A. Renevier rec.) ( ONNC); La Crouen, xi.1983 (J. Chazeau rec.) ( ONNC); Mt Oua Tilou (Voh), 510m, forêt sèche sur ultrabasique, x.1988 (J. Chazeau rec.) ( ONNC); Nouméa, Anse Vata (IF0), ix.1964 ( ONNC); Nouméa, 26.iv.1966 (P. Cochereau rec.) ( ONNC); Nouméa, 10.xii.1967 (P. Cochereau rec.) ( ONNC); Poindimié, x.1988 (J. Chazeau rec.) ( ONNC); Port-Laguerre (environs), 29.i.1978 (A. Delobel rec.) ( ONNC); Port-Laguerre, 1824. iii.1977 (A. Delobel rec.) ( ONNC); Sarraméa, Séquestre japonais, 22.ii.1977 (J. Chazeau rec.) ( ONNC); Sarraméa, Séquestre japonais, 29.x.1988 (J. Chazeau rec.) ( ONNC); Port-Laguerre (environs), 29.i.1978 (A. Delobel rec.) ( ONNC); St Gabriel (Yaté), 0200m, xi.1986 (N.L.H. Krauss rec.) ( ONNC); Tao (J. Enwood), 15.xii.1983 (J. Chazeau rec.) ( ONNC); Tontouta, 16.v.1975 (J. Gutierrez rec.) ( ONNC); Vallée de la Karaka (Col de Nassirah), 12.v.1988 (J. Chazeau rec.) ( ONNC); Vallée de la Hienghène, 21.iii.1983 (J. Chazeau rec.) ( ONNC); Moindou, Tangui, 12.x.2006 (R-M. M'Boueri rec.) ( CXMNC); La Foa, Méaré, 21°42'52.57"S / 165°51'03.31’’E / 24m, 16.i.2007 (R-M. M'Boueri rec.) ( CXMNC); La Foa, Pocquereux, 21°44’S / 165°54’E / 28m, 07.viii.2001 (J. Brinon rec.) ( CXMNC); La Foa, Pocquereux, 21°44’S / 165°54’E / 28m, 10.viii.2001 (J. Brinon rec.) ( CXMNC); La Foa, Pocquereux, 21°44’S / 165°54’E / 28m, 05.vi.2001 (J. Brinon rec.) ( CXMNC); La Foa, Pocquereux, 21°44’S / 165°54’E / 28m, 20/iv.2001 (J. Brinon rec.) ( CXMNC); La Foa, 21°43’S / 165°49’E, 21.i.1998 (J. & J. Chiffaud rec.) ( CXMNC); Bourail, Gouaro, 21.58113°S / 165.42045°E / 68m, 14.iii.1998 (S. Cazères rec.) ( CXMNC); Maré, 28.xi.2002 (C. Mille rec.) ( CXMNC); Ouvéa, Téouta-ounes, COL /ins/87-14, 20°24'40''S / 166°36'20''E, 14.iii.2014 (C. Mille rec.) ( CXMNC); Pouembout chez M. Soury-Lavergne, COL /ins/254-14, 01.viii.2014 (C. Mille rec.) ( CXMNC); Pouembout chez M. Soury- Lavergne, 11.vii.2013 (C. Mille rec.) ( CXMNC); Thio, tribu de Koua, COL /ins/ 28-14, 18.iii.2013 (R-M. M'Boueri rec.) ( CXMNC); La Foa, Nili, 21.70408°S / 165.81785°E / 34m, 14.xii.2008 (C. Mille rec.) ( CXMNC); Boulouparis, Ouenghi, 21°53'51.61"S / 166°06'49.62’’E / 7m, 10.ii.2012 (C. Mille rec.) ( CXMNC); Pouembout, 19.iv.2012 (C. Mille rec.) ( CXMNC).