Orexita wagneri (Boheman, 1862)
Coptocycla Wagneri Boheman, 1862: 391 (TE in BMNH); Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3676; Champion, 1894: 185.
Orexita Wagneri: Spaeth, 1911: 255, 1914 g: 64; Blackwelder, 1946: 746; Wilcox, 1975: 154; Flowers, 1991: 310; Windsor et al., 1992: 390; Borowiec, 1996 a: 209, 1999 d: 399, 2002 a: 107, 2009 f: 691; Flowers and Janzen, 1997: 355; Borowiec and Moragues, 2005: 270; Simões et al., 2021: 207.
Coptocycla nigropunctata Wagener, 1881: 51 (HT! in MM!); Champion, 1894: 185.
Orexita wagneri var. nigropunctata: Spaeth, 1911: 256, 1914 g: 64; Blackwelder, 1946: 746; Wilcox, 1975: 154.
Host plant: Boraginaceae: Cordia panamensis; Lauraceae: Bursera simaruba (adults) (Flowers and Janzen, 1997).
Distr.: wagneri: Costa Rica; nigropunctata: America centralis. Costa Rica: Guanacaste, La Cruz, Turrialba; French Guyana: Approuague; Guatemala; Panama: Bugaba, Colon; Venezuela: Barinas.
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