Calyptocephala brevicornis Boheman, 1850

Calyptocephala brevicornis Boheman, 1850: 103 (LT! in NRS!, PLT in NRS!, ZMHU), 1856: 17, 1862: 44; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3622; Wagener, 1877: 51, 1881: 58; Champion, 1893: 128; Spaeth, 1914 g: 16; 1937 a: 83; Tenenbaum, 1927: 35; Blackwelder, 1946: 734; Monros and Viana, 1951: 378, 392 (incl. fig.); Wilcox, 1975: 149; Windsor et al., 1992: 389; Borowiec, 1996 a: 137, 1999 d: 34, 2002 a: 55; Chaboo, 2003 a: 110; Borowiec and Takizawa, 2011: 431.

Host plant: Arecaceae: Arecastrum romanzoffiana (Monros and Viana, 1951); Elaeis guineensis (Moura, 1985); Chamaedorea tepejilote (Windsor et al., 1992); Dioscoreaceae: Dioscorea sp. (Windsor et al., 1992); Poaceae: Chusquea sp. (Windsor et al., 1992).

Distr.: Brasilia. Argentina: Misiones; Brazil: Amazonas, Goias, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Sao Paulo; Colombia: Ocana; Costa Rica: Alajuela, Puntarenas, Guanacaste; Guatemala: Vera Cruz; Mexico: Vera Cruz; Nicaragua: Chontales; Panama: Chiriqui; Paraguay: Chaco; Venezuela.

figure: habitus in colour

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