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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