Metriona elatior (Klug, 1829)
Cassida elatior Klug, 1829: 8 (LT!, PLT! in ZMHU!).
Coptocycla elatior: Boheman, 1855: 419, 1856: 193, 1862: 468.
Chirida elatior: Chapuis, 1875: 406; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3638.
Metriona elatior: Weise, 1896 b: 14; Tenebaum, 1927: 37; Blackwelder, 1946: 751; Riley, 1986: 112; Morelli et al., 1993: 147-155 (incl. fig., genitalia and imm. stages); Ponce de Leon et al., 1994: 461-464 (bionomy); Borowiec, 1996 a: 192, 1999 d: 379, 2002 a: 97, 2009 f: 677; Borowiec and Moragues, 2005: 265; Simoes and Monné, 2008: 713; Flinte et al., 2009: 590; Borowiec and Takizawa, 2011: 448.
Metriona (Metriona) elatior: Spaeth, 1914 g: 138.
Chirida straminea Dej.: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3638 (nomen nudum).
Host plant: Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea batatas; Solanaceae: Solanum arrebenta, S. sisymbrifolium (Silva et al., 1968; Medeiros et al., 1996; Hill et Hulley, 1996); Solanum elaeagnifolium (Morelli et al., 1994; Ponce de Leon et al., 1994); Solanum viarum (Medal et al., 1996, Rossini et al., 2002).
Distr.: Süd-Brasilien. N Argentina: Misiones; Brazil: Goias, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo; French Guyana: Bas Maroni; Paraguay: Guaira, Kanindeyu; Uruguay.
figure: habitus in colour