Charidotella (s. str.) bifossulata (Boheman, 1855)

Coptocycla bifossulata Boheman, 1855: 135 (ST! in NRS!), 1856: 162, 1862: 401; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3666.

Metriona (Metriona) bifossulata: Spaeth, 1914 g: 138.

Metriona bifossulata: Blackwelder, 1946: 751; Wilcox, 1975: 158; Buzzi, 1988: 575 (biology), 1994: 209 (host plant).

Charidotella bifossulata: Noguera, 1988: 306; Borowiec, 1996 a: 139, 2009 f: 632; Riley et al., 2001: 4.

Charidotella (s. str.) bifossulata: Borowiec, 1989 b: 214, 1999 d: 327.

Coptocycla dubitabilis Boheman, 1862: 401 (ST! in NRS!, IZPAS!); Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3669; Duges, 1887: 143 (larva, pupa); Champion, 1894: 210 (as syn.); Węgrzynowicz and Wąsowska, 1996: 43.

Metriona bifossulata ab. dubitabilis: Blackwelder, 1946: 751.

Host plant: Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea murocoides (Duges, 1887); Ipomoea wolcottiana (Noguera, 1988).

Distr.: bifossulata: Mexico; dubitabilis: Mexico. Guatemala; Mexico: Chiapas, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, Morelos, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Veracruz, Yucatan; USA: Arizona.

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