Paranota ensifera (Boheman, 1854)
Batonota ensifer Boheman, 1854: 166 (LT! in NRS!);
Batonota ensifera [emend.]: Boheman, 1856: 95, 1862: 238; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3644; Wagener, 1881: 46; Fiebrig, 1910: 171 (biology); Spaeth, 1914 g: 66, 1923: 69, 1941 a: 1061; Bruch, 1915: 563; Maulik, 1916: 583; Costa Lima, 1936: 312.
Dorynota ensifera: Blackwelder, 1946: 747; Borowiec, 1996 a: 181.
Paranota ensifera: Monros and Viana, 1949: 399, 424 (incl. fig.); Buzzi, 1988: 567 (biology); Borowiec, 1999 d: 166, 2002 a: 108, 2009 f: 692; Sekerka, 2004: 160; Borowiec and Moragues, 2005: 275; Flinte et al., 2009: 593; Borowiec and Takizawa, 2011: 454; Simões, 2014: 639.
Batonota gregaria Boheman, 1854: 167 (LT! in NRS!), 1856: 95, 1862: 238; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3645; Wagener, 1881: 45; Spaeth, 1923: 69; Monros and Viana, 1949: 399 (as syn. of ensifera).
Batonota ensifera ab. gregaria: Spaeth, 1914 g: 66.
Dorynota ensifera ab. gregaria: Blackwelder, 1946: 747.
Batonota rugosa Wagener, 1881: 41, 46 (HT! in MM!); Spaeth, 1914 g: 67, 1923: 70 (as syn. of ensifera); Maulik, 1916: 583.
Dorynota rugosa: Blackwelder, 1946: 747; Wilcox, 1975: 155.
Batonota bellator Chevrol: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3645 (nomen nudum).
Host plant: Bignoniaceae: Tecoma argentea (= Tabebuia aurea), Tabebuia ipe (Silva et al., 1968); Tabebuia ochracea (Fiebrig, 1910).
Distr.: ensifera: Corrientes; gregaria: Brasilia; rugosa: St. Domingo. Argentina: Chaco, Corrientes, Misiones, Salta; Bolivia: Guarayos; Brazil: Distr. Federal, Goias, Mato Grosso, Minas gerais, Rio de Janiero, Sao Paulo; Colombia; Ecuador; Paraguay: Alto Parana, Amambay, Boqueron, Dept. Central, Itapua, Paraguari; Peru. Wrongly recorded from French Guyana (Borowiec 1996 a).
figure: habitus in colour