Botanochara rubroguttata (Boheman, 1850)
Poecilaspis rubroguttata Boheman, 1850: 421 (LT! in NRS!, PLT! in ZMHU!), 1856: 70, 1862: 189; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3637; Fiebrig, 1910: 200 (biology); Spaeth, 1940 d: 160.
Poecilaspis (Poecilaspis) rubroguttata: Spaeth, 1914 g: 47.
Botanochara rubroguttata: Blackwelder, 1946: 742; Buzzi, 1988: 571 (biology); Borowiec, 1999 d: 93, 2009 f: 628; Mohamedsaid, 2000 b: 375; Simões et al., 2021: 206.
Poecilaspis anthracina Boheman, 1856: 71 (TE in ?), 1862: 191; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3636; Spaeth, 1917 b: 31 (as syn. of rubroguttata).
Poecilaspis (Poecilaspis) anthracina: Spaeth, 1914 g: 46.
Botanochara anthracina: Blackwelder, 1946: 741.
Poecilaspis rubroguttata ab. anthracina: Spaeth, 1940 d: 160.
Poecilaspis quatuordecimsignata Boheman, 1856: 70 (HT! in NRS!), 1862: 188; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3637; Spaeth, 1940 d: 160 (as syn. of rubroguttata).
Poecilaspis (Poecilaspis) quatuordecim-signata: Spaeth, 1914 g: 47.
Botanochara quatuordecimsignata: Blackwelder, 1946: 742.
Poecilaspis multipicta Boheman, 1862: 189 (TE in BMNH); Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3637; Spaeth, 1940 d: 160 (as syn. of rubroguttata).
Poecilaspis (Poecilaspis) multipicta: Spaeth, 1914 g: 46.
Botanochara multipicta: Blackwelder, 1946: 741.
Host plant: Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea batatas (Fiebrig, 1910); Pharbitis hispida (Frers, 1922); Calonyctyon speciosum, Ipomoea batatas (Silva et al., 1968).
Distr.: rubroguttata: Brasilia meridionalis; anthracina: St. Paul, Brasiliae; quatuordecimsignata: Brasilia; multipicta: Brasilia. N Argentina; Brazil: Espirito Santo, Goyaz, Minas Geraës, Sao Paulo; Paraguay.
figure: habitus in colour (three forms)
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