Microctenochira optata (Boheman, 1855)
Coptocycla optata Boheman, 1855: 470 (LT! in NRS!), 1856: 198, 1862: 475.
Ctenochira optata: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3664; Wagener, 1877: 73; Spaeth, 1914 g: 151, 1026 b: 100, 1942 b: 43; Tenebaum, 1927: 38; Blackwelder, 1946: 756; Buzzi, 1994: 209 (host plant).
Microctenochira optata: Borowiec, 1996 a: 199, 1999 d: 389, 2002 a: 101, 2009 f: 682; Borowiec and Moragues, 2005: 266; Flinte et al., 2009: 591; Borowiec and Takizawa, 2011: 449; Fernades and Linzmeier, 2012: 1228.
Coptocycla derosa Boheman, 1855: 479 (LT! in NRS!, PLT! in NRS!, ZMHU!), 1856: 199, 1862: 477; Kirsch, 1876: 95.
Ctenochira derosa: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3663; Wagener, 1877: 75; Spaeth, 1914 g: 150; Tenebaum, 1927: 38; Blackwelder, 1946: 756.
Ctenochira optata ab. derosa: Spaeth, 1926 b: 100.
Coptocycla dolorosa Boheman, 1855: 489 (HT! in ZMHU!), 1856: 200, 1862: 480; Borowiec, 1999 d: 389 (as syn. of optata).
Ctenochira dolorosa: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3663; Wagener, 1877: 75; Spaeth, 1914 g: 150, 1926 b: 98; Blackwelder, 1946: 756.
Coptocycla peruviana Kirsch, 1876: 96 (ST! in MNHN!, MTD); Spaeth, 1919 c: 27 (as syn. of optata)
Ctenochira peruviana: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3664; Wagener, 1877: 73; Spaeth, 1914 g: 152; Blackwelder, 1946: 756.
Host plant: Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea batatas, ?Fabaceae: Phaseolus sp. (Silva et al., 1968).
Distr.: optata: Brasilia; derosa: Brasilia; dolorosa: Brasilia; peruviana: Peru. Argentina: Misiones, Salta; Bolivia: La Paz; Brazil: Alagoas, Bahia, Goias, Jatahy, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo; French Guyana: Kourou; Paraguay: Puerto P. Stroessner; Peru: Chanchamayo, Satipo.
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