Synonymy

• Nodostoma subcostatum Jacoby, 1889: 164 [original combination]
• Nodostoma cyanipenne Lefèvre, 1893: 120 [synonymy in Kimoto & Gressitt (1982: 51)]
• Nodostoma obscurum Jacoby, 1908: 338 [synonymy in Medvedev & Sprecher-Uebersax (1999: 288); synonymy incorrect according to Prathapan et al. (2019: 182)?]
• Basilepta subcostatum (Jacoby, 1889): Kimoto, 1967: 69
• Basilepta subcostata (Jacoby, 1889): Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982: 51
• Basilepta sakaii Takizawa, 1987: 50 [synonymy in Medvedev & Sprecher-Uebersax (1999: 288); synonymy incorrect according to Prathapan et al. (2019: 182)?]

Primary references

• Jacoby, M. 1889. List of the Phytophagous Coleoptera obtained by Signori Fea at Burmah and Tenasserim, with descriptions of the new species. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. Series 2. 27: 147–237. BHL. Reference page. 

• Jacoby, M. 1908. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Coleoptera. Chrysomelidae. Vol. 1. London: Francis & Taylor. xx + 534 pp., 2 pls. Internet Archive. BHL. Reference page. 
• Kimoto, S. 1967. A list of the chrysomelid specimens from the Himalayas and Kashmir, preserved in the Zoological Museum, Berlin. Esakia 6: 65–75. hdl: 2324/2356 . PDF.

• Kimoto, S. & Gressitt, J.L. 1982. Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) of Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. III. Eumolpinae. Esakia 18(1): 1–141. hdl: 2324/2421 . Reference page. 
• Lefevre, É. 1893. Contribution à la faune indo-chinoise. 12e Memorie. Clytrides & eumolpides (2e memorie). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 62: 111–134. BHL

• Medvedev, L.N. & Sprecher-Uebersax, E. 1999. Katalog der Chrysomelidae von Nepal. Entomologica Basiliensia 21: 261–354. Reference page.  [not seen]
• Takizawa, H. 1987. Notes on Chrysomelid Beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) of India and Its Neighboring Areas. Part 5. Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology 35: 40–58. DOI: 10.19004/pjssz.35.0_40 .

Additional references

• Kimoto, S. 2001. The Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) collected by the Kyushu University Scientific Expedition to the Nepal Himalaya in 1971 and 1972. Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History 20: 17–80. PDF Reference page. 
• Kimoto, S. 2005. Systematic catalog of the Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from Nepal and Burma. Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History, Series A (Natural History) 3: 13–114. PDF
• Medvedev, L.N. 1990. Chrysomelidae from the Nepal Himalayas, II (Insecta: Coleoptera). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A (Biologie) (453): 1–46. BHL
• Medvedev, L.N. 2001. Jacoby's types of Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from Burma in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria", Genoa. Part 2. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" Genoa 93: 607–616. [not seen]

• Moseyko, A.G. & Sprecher-Uebersax, E. 2010. Eumolpinae. Pp. 619–643. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. 924 pp. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2. Google Books. Reference page. 

• Prathapan, K.D., Poorani, J., Kumari, S.A., Anuradha, C., Padmanaban, B. & Thanigairaj, R. 2019. Species composition and diagnoses of leaf- and fruit-scarring beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) infesting bananas and plantains (Zingiberales, Musaceae) in the Indian subcontinent. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 66(2): 179–202. DOI: 10.3897/dez.66.47447 . Reference page.