Microctenochira aciculata (Boheman, 1855)
Coptocycla aciculata Boheman,1855: 465 (LT! in NRS!, PLT! in NRS!, IZPAS!), 1856: 198, 1862: 475; Węgrzynowicz and Wąsowska, 1996: 42.
Ctenochira aciculata: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3663; Wagener, 1877: 72; Weise, 1896 b: 14; Spaeth, 1914 g: 150, 1926 b: 101; Tenebaum, 1927: 38; Blackwelder, 1946: 755; Buzzi, 1994: 209 (host plant).
Ctenochira (Euctenochira) aciculata: Hincks, 1950: 509.
Microctenochira aciculata: Borowiec, 1996 a: 194, 1999 d: 381, 2002 a: 98, 2009 f: 679; Chaboo, 2002 b: 718; Flinte et al., 2008: 203 (colour photo pl. 17 P), 2009: 590 (colour photo p. 611); Fernades and Linzmeier, 2012: 1228.
Coptocycla maculosa Boheman, 1855: 472 (TE in BMNH), 1856: 198, 1862: 476.
Ctenochira maculosa: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3664; Wagener, 1877: 73; Spaeth, 1914 g: 151; Blackwelder, 1946: 756.
Ctenochira aciculata ab. maculosa: Spaeth, 1926 b: 102.
Ctenochira aciculata ssp. bahiensis Spaeth, 1926 b: 102 (ST! in MM!); Blackwelder, 1946: 755.
Ctenochira aciculata ab. bahiensis: Spaeth, 1926 b: 102.
Host plant: Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea batatas (Monte, 1932); ?Fabaceae: Phaseolus sp. (Silva et al., 1968).
Distr.: aciculata: Brasilia; maculosa: S:t Catharina Brasiliae; bahiensis: Bahia, Terra Nova. Argentina: Jujuy, Misiones; Brazil: Bahia, Parana, Rio de Janeiro; Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo; Paraguay: Caagualu.
figure: habitus in colour
figure: life specimen