Botanochara ruforeticulata (Boheman, 1850)
Poecilaspis rufo-reticulata Boheman, 1850: 390 (HT! in NRS!), 1856: 66, 1862: 177; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3637; Spaeth, 1940 d: 147.
Poecilaspis (Poecilaspis) ruforeticulata: Spaeth, 1914 g: 47.
Botanochara ruforeticulata: Blackwelder, 1946: 742; Haitlinger, 1991: 387 (phoretic mites); Borowiec, 1996 a: 135, 1999 d: 93; Flinte et al., 2009: 575; Borowiec and Takizawa, 2011: 431; Simões et al., 2021: 206.
Host plant: Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea batatas (Monte, 1932 a); Ipomoea pescaprae (Franco, 1946); Cucurbitaceae: Cucurbita sp. (Franco, 1946).
Distr.: Brasilia. Brazil: Bahia, Espirito Santo, Goias, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo.
figure: habitus in colour
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