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*Acanthocheila exquisita Uhler 



Acanthocheila exquisita Uhler 1889, p. 143 [Fla.]. — Barber 1914, p. 507. — 

 Drake 1919a, p. 421— Blatchley 1926, p. 479.— Monte 1940e, p. 

 288, fig. 2. 

 Type: Holotype 9, macropterous; Cape Florida, Florida, U.S.; Cornell 

 Univ. 

 Distribution: U.S. (Fla.); Bahama Islands. 

 Host Plant: Unrecorded. 



* Acanthocheila hollandi Drake 



Acanthocheila hollandi Drake 1935, p. 16 [Brazil; Paraguay]; 1947a, p. 



2. — Drake and Hambleton 1938a, p. 46 [Bignoniaceae] . — Monte 



1940e, p. 287 [Argentina]. 

 Type: Holotype 9; Chapalo, Brazil; Carnegie Mus. 

 Distribution: Brazil; Argentina; Paraguay. 

 Host Plant: Bignoniaceae. 



* Acanthocheila nexa Drake 



Acanthocheila nexa Drake 1936b, p. 701, fig. 1 [Argentina]. — Monte 

 1940e, p. 288. 

 Type: Holotype 9, macropterous; Loreto, Argentina; Leningrad Inst. 

 Distribution: Argentina; Brazil. 

 Host Plant: Unrecorded. 

 *Acanthocheila nigrescens Drake and Bondar 



Acanthocheila nigrescens Drake and Bondar 1932, p. 88 [Brazil; Sapotaceus 

 tree]. — Costa Lima 1936, p. 124. 

 Type: Holotype d 1 , macropterous; Bahia, Brazil; Drake Coll. (USNM). 

 Distribution: Brazil. 

 Host Plant: Sapotaceus tree. 



* Acanthocheila rustica Monte 



Acanthocheila rustica Monte 1942, p. 91 [Brazil]. 

 Type: Holotype cT; Palmeiras, Ipaussu, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Monte Coll. 

 (Mus. Nacional). 

 Distribution: Brazil. 

 Host Plant: Unrecorded. 

 *Acanthocheila rustica var. plana Drake 



Acanthochila rustica var. plana Drake 1953a, p. 13 [Argentina]. 

 Type: Holotype 9, macropterous; Loreto, Misiones, Argentina; Drake 

 Coll. (USNM). 

 Distribution : Argentina. 

 Host Plant: Unrecorded. 

 *Acanthocheila sigillata Drake and Bruner 



Acanthocheila sigillata Drake and Bruner 1924a, p. 147 [Cuba; Pisonia 

 aculeata]. — Drake 1926a, p. 86. — Bruner, Scaramuzza, and Otero 

 1945, p. 141. 



