Botanochara octoplagiata (Spaeth, 1909)
Poecilaspis 8-plagiata Spaeth, 1909 c: 379 (ST! in MM!, NRS!).
Poecilaspis (Poecilaspis) octoplagiata: Spaeth, 1914 g: 47.
Poecilaspis octoplagiata: Spaeth, 1940 d: 154, 1941 a: 1060.
Botanochara octoplagiata: Blackwelder, 1946: 741; Borowiec, 1996 a: 133, 1999 d: 91, 2002 a: 53, 2009 f: 627.
Poecilaspis invasa Boheman, 1850: 427 (TE in ?MNHN), 1856: 71, 1862: 191; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3637; Spaeth, 1940 d: 154 (hybride with macularia or tesselata).
Poecilaspis (Poecilaspis) invasa: Spaeth, 1914 g: 46.
Botanochara invasa: Blackwelder, 1946: 741.
Host plant: Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea batatas (Biezanko et al., 1949); Calonyction speciosum (Silva et al., 1968).
Distr.: octoplagiata: R. Argent., Tucuman; invasa: Bolivia. Argentina: Buenos Ayres, Catamarca, Cordoba, Entre Rios, Salta, Tucuman; Bolivia; Brazil: Mato Grosso.
figure: habitus in colour
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