Acanthoscelides virgiliae (Motschulsky, 1874) . Combination confirmed (J.M. Kingsolver, pers. comm.).

Bruchus virgiliae Motschulsky, 1874: p. 226 . From Motschulsky (1874, p. 226): “Brésil” [Brazil]. Syntype (s) deposited in the ZMUM; examination of types and confirmation of placement in Acanthoscelides from Kingsolver (pers. comm.).

Bruchus virgiliae: Pic (1913), p. 57 (catalog); Zacher (1952), p. 463 (catalog).

Acanthoscelides virgiliae: Blackwelder (1946), p. 761 (catalog, comb. nov.); Wilcox (1975), p. 7 (catalog); Johnson & Kingsolver (1981), p. 416 (catalog); Udayagiri & Wadhi (1989), p. 66 (catalog); Romero-Nápoles et al. (2021), p. 215 (catalog).