Botanochara bonariensis (Boheman, 1850)
Poecilaspis bonariensis Boheman, 1850: 396 (LT! in NRS!), 1856: 67, 1862: 178; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3636; Spaeth, 1940 d: 149.
Poecilaspis (Poecilaspis) bonariensis: Spaeth, 1914 g: 46.
Botanochara bonariensis: Blackwelder, 1946: 741; Haitlinger, 1991: 387 (phoretic mites); Borowiec, 1996 a: 130, 1999 d: 87, 2002 a: 52, 2009 f: 625; Stolar and Bidan, 1997: 193-196 (karyology); Simões et al., 2021: 206.
Stolas bonariensis: Cox, 1996 c: 144 (parthenogensis).
Poecilaspis aegrota Boheman, 1850: 399 (ST! in NRS!, MNHN!), 1856: 67, 1862: 178; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3636.
Poecilaspis (Poecilaspis) aegrota: Spaeth, 1914 g: 46.
Poecilaspis bonariensis ab. aegrota: Spaeth, 1940 d: 149.
Botanochara aegrota: Blackwelder, 1946: 741.
Poecilaspis bonariensis ssp. nigricollis Spaeth, 1940 d: 149 (ST! in MM!); Borowiec, 1999 d: 87 (as syn. of bonariensis).
Poecilaspis bonariensis ssp. rubriventris Spaeth, 1940: 149 (ST! in MM!); Borowiec, 1999 d: 87 (as syn. of bonariensis).
Host plant: Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea batatas (Silva et al., 1968).
Distr.: bonariensis: Buenos Ayres; Rio de la Plata Uraguay; aegrota: Brasilia; nigricollis: Nord-Paraguay: zwischen Rio Apia und dem Rio Aquidaban; rubriventris: Missiones: San Ignacio, Candelaria; Paraguay: Puerto Cantera, Asuncion. Argentina: Buenos Ayres, Misiones, Rio de la Plata; Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina; Paraguay; Uruguay.
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