Spaethiella crassicornis (Spaeth, 1910)
Hemisphaerota crassicornis Spaeth, 1910: 55 (ST! in MM!, ZMHU!), 1914 g: 12, 1929 b: 121; Fiebrig, 1910: 204 (biology); Bruch, 1939: 19 (biology).
Spaethiella crassicornis: Blackwelder, 1946: 733; Monros and Viana, 1951: 373 (incl. fig.), 382; Buzzi, 1988: 564 (biology); Borowiec, 1996 a: 227, 1999 d: 30, 2002 a: 115; Chaboo and Nguyen, 2004: 180 (colour photo); Świętojańska, 2009: 7; Flinte et al., 2009: 597.
Host plant: Arecaceae: Arecastrum romanzoffianum, Phoenix jubae, Washingtonia filifera (Bruch, 1939); Cocos paraguayensis (Fiebrig, 1910); Cocos paraguayensis, Copernicia alba, Phoenix canariensis, Pritchardia filamentosa (Monros and Viana, 1951).
Distr.: Paraguay; Brasilien (Minas, Campos de Diamantina, Faz do Riacho Fundo). Argentina: Buenos Aires, Formosa, San Isidro; Brazil: Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul; Paraguay: San Luis.
figure: habitus in colour
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