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Atheas pallidas Barber 1923, p. 6. 



Vatiga illudens: Drake and Hambleton 1946a, p. 10. — Silva 1956, p. 69 

 [Manihot dulcis]. — Drake and Cobben 1960, p. 85, figs. 84a, b [St. 

 Eustatius]. 

 Type: Holotype 9, macropterous; Mandeville, Jamaica; Drake Coll. 

 (USNM). 



Distribution: Cuba; Haiti; Dominican Republic; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; 

 Leeward Islands (St. Eustatius); Brazil. 



Host Plants: Manihot dulcis; Manihot esculenta; Manihot utilissima; 

 Manihot sp. 



* Vatiga illudens var. varianta (Drake) 



Leptopharsa illudens var. variantis Drake 1930b, p. 25 [Brazil]. — Monte 



1940b, p. 378; 1941e, p. 113 [Manihot dulcis]. 

 Vatiga illudens var. variantis: Drake and Hambleton 1946a, p. 10. — 

 Silva 1956, p. 70. 

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

 Distribution: Brazil. 

 Host Plant: Manihot dulcis. 



* Vatiga lonchocarpa (Drake and Hambleton) 



Tigava lonchocarpa Drake and Hambleton 1944b, p. 125 [Brazil; Loncho- 



carpus] . 

 Vatiga lonchocarpa: Drake and Hambleton 1946a, p. 10. 

 Type: Holotype 9, macropterous; Vicpsa, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Drake 

 Coll. (USNM). 

 Distribution: Brazil. 

 Host Plant: Lonchocarpus sp. 



* Vatiga longula (Drake) 



Leptopharsa longula Drake 1922c, p. 371, pi. 39, fig. 4 [Brazil]. — Costa 

 Lima 1936, p. 129.— Monte 1937a, p. 35; 1939b, p. 74 [Bauhinia; 

 Manihot utilissima]; 1941e, p. 114. 

 Vatiga longula: Drake and Hambleton 1946a, p. 10. 

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

 Distribution: Brazil. 

 Host Plants: Bauhinia sp.; Manihot utilissima. 



* Vatiga manihotae (Drake) 



Leptopharsa manihotae Drake 1922c, p. 371 [Trinidad; Manihot]. — Drake 

 and Bruner 1924a, p. 148.— Drake and Hambleton 1934, p. 445 

 [Brazil; Manihot utilissima]. — Costa Lima 1936, p. 129. — Monte 

 1937a, p. 35, fig. 4; 1939b, p. 74 [Cuba]; 1941e, p. 115. 

 Vatiga manihotae: Drake and Hambleton 1946a, p. 10. 

 Type: Holotype 9, macropterous; Trinidad, BWI; USNM. 

 Distribution: Trinidad; Cuba; Brazil; Peru; Paraguay; Argentina. 

 Host Plants: Manihot utilissima; Manihot sp. 



