Proseicela egensis Stål, 1860

Sampaio, Aline, Viana, Jéssica Herzog & Fonseca, Claudio Ruy Vasconcelos Da, 2024, Catalog of the Chrysomelinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) deposited in the entomological collections of the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (MPEG) and the Universidade do Estado do Pará (UEPA), Belém, Brazil, Zootaxa 5447 (3), pp. 301-354 : 339

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Proseicela egensis Stål, 1860: 455 (descr.); Chaboo et al., 2019: 711, 712 (host, subsocial behavior), fig. 6 (adult and larvae), 7 (host plant), 8 (dorsal view, adult), 9 (labels), Sekerka & Sampaio, 2023 (check.).

Chrysomela egensis ; Stål, 1863: 153 (distr., redescr.).

Prosicela egensis ; Gemminger & Harold, 1874: 3444 (cat., distr.); Weise, 1916: 29 (cat., distr.); Blackwelder, 1946: 673 (cat., distr.); Bechyně, 1954: 607 (distr., key), tafel 25, fig. 24 (dorsal view, adult); Bechyně & Bechyně, 1965a: 86 (distr.).

Type locality: Upper Amazon .

Distribution: BRAZIL —Amazonas: Benjamin Constant (Rio Javari and Rio Itacoaí) and Tabatinga. COLOMBIA —Puerto Nariño. ECUADOR —Aguarico (Río Cocaya). PERU — Loreto: Maynas. New record: Acre ( BRAZIL).

Host plant: Brunfelsia grandiflora D. Don. ( Solanaceae ), Solanum robustifrons Bitter ( Solanaceae ), and Solanum sessile Ruiz & Pav. ( Solanaceae )— Chaboo et al. (2019).

Material examined (1 specimen): BRAZIL. Acre: Porto Acre (Humaitá), 1 specimen ( MPEG. HCO 01051498 View Materials ), 15. VI–02. VII. 1992, Gorayeb, Pena, Henriques & Edmar legs. ( MPEG) .