Microctenochira fraterna (Boheman, 1855)
Coptocycla fraterna Boheman, 1855: 473 (LT! in NRS!), 1856: 198, 1862: 476.
Ctenochira fraterna: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3663; Wagener, 1877: 55, 73; Champion, 1894: 223; Spaeth, 1914 g: 151, 1926 b: 62; Blackwelder, 1946: 756.
Microctenochira fraterna: Wilcox, 1975: 161; Maes and Staines, 1991: 46; Windsor et al., 1992: 391; Borowiec, 1996 a: 197, 1998 b: 206, 1999 d: 385, 2002 a: 100, 2009 f: 681; Chaboo and Borowiec, 2003: 76, 77; Cuignet, 2008: 365, 367 (parasitoids).
Coptocycla modesta Boheman, 1855: 474 (unavailable name, proposed in synonymy).
Coptocycla fraterna var. modesta: Boheman, 1856: 198; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3663.
Coptocycla fraterna ab. modesta: Champion, 1894: 224; Spaeth, 1926 b: 62; Blackwelder, 1946: 756.
Ctenochira fraterna ab. modesta Boheman [sic]: Spaeth, 1914 g: 151.
Host plant: Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea phillomega, I. trifida (Windsor et al., 1992).
Distr.: Columbia. Colombia: Bogota, Cali, Copér; Costa Rica: Moord, Puerto Viejo, Turrialba; Ecuador: Dos Rios, Guyaquil, Pichincha; Nicaragua: Chontales; Panama: Bugaba, Canal Zone, David, Volcan de Chiriqui; Trinidad and Tobago; Venezuela: Caracas, Miranda.
figure: habitus in colour (two forms)
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