Neotropical Microlepidoptera, XXI:
New Genera and Species of
Oecophoridae from Chile
J. F. GATES CLARKE
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Neotropical Microlepidoptera, XXI:
New Genera and Species of
Oecophoridae from Chile
J. F. Gates Clarke
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION PRESS
City of Washington
1978
A B S T R A C T
Clarke, J. F. Gates. Neotropical Microlepidoptera, XXI: New Genera and
Species of Oecophoridae from Chile. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology,
number 273, 80 pages, 54 figures, 6 plates, 1978.?The following genera are
described as new and their type-species are indicated: Doina (D. lagneia, n. sp.);
Perzelia (P. arda, n. sp.); Teresita (T. isaura, n. sp.); Aliciana (A. geminata, n. sp.);
Lelita (L. acmaea, n. sp.); Dita (D. phococara, n. sp.); Atha (A. trimacula, n. sp.);
Afdera (Cryptolechia orphnaea Meyrick); Corita (C. amphichroma, n. sp.); Utilia
(U. florinda, n. sp.); Alynda (A. sarissa, n. sp.); Deia (D. lineola, n. sp.); Doshia
(D. miltopeza, n. sp.); Altiura (A. maculata, n. sp.); Muna (M. zostera, n. sp.);
Lucyna (Cryptolechia fenestella Zeller); Talitna (anomala, n. sp.); Irenia
(I. leucoxantha, n. sp.); Revonda (R. eschara, n. sp.); Despina (Borkhausenia
rhodosema Meyrick); Zymrina (Borkhausenia xanthosema Meyrick; Eraina (E.
thamnocephala, n. sp.); Retha (R. rustica, n. sp.); Nedenia (N. rhodochra, n. sp.);
Aniuta (A. ochroleuca, n. sp.); Osmarina (O. argilla, n. sp.). Thirty-nine (39)
species, including generic types, are described as new. Previously described species
are placed in this present system as far as possible. The subfamily Metachandinae,
new status, is noted.
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Contents
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Introduction 1
Key to the Chilean Genera of Oecophoridae 2
Eraina, new genus 3
Eraina thamnocephala, new species 3
Aniuta, new genus 5
Aniuta ochroleuca, new species 5
Aniuta melanoma, new species 7
Mattea Duckworth 7
Mattea phoenissa (Butler) 7
Pisinidea Butler 7
Pisinidea viridis Butler 7
Talitha, new genus 9
Talitha anomala, new species 10
Deia, new genus 10
Deia lineola, new species 12
Macarocosma Meyrick 12
Macarocosma philochrysa Meyrick 12
Perzelia, new genus 12
Perzelia arda, new species 14
Corita, new genus 15
Corita amphichroma, new species 15
Muna, new genus 17
Muna zostera, new species 17
Altiura, new genus 18
Altiura maculata, new species 19
Doina, new genus 19
Doina paralagneia, new species 21
Doina lagneia, new species 21
Doina flinti, new species 24
Doina inconspicua, new species 24
Doina asperula, new species 26
Doina truncata, new species 27
Doina subicula, new species 28
Doina annulata, new species 29
Doina eremnogramma, new species 30
Doina phaeobregma, new species 30
Doina trachycantha, new species 33
Doina glebula, new species 33
Doina increta (Butler), new combination 34
Doina edmondsii (Butler), new combination 34
Doina scariphista (Meyrick), new combination 35
Doshia, new genus 35
Doshia miltopeza, new species 36
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Ajdera, new genus 37
Afdera orphnaea (Meyrick), new combination 38
Melaneuha Butler 38
Melaneulia hectate Butler 38
Depressariod.es Turati 39
Depressariodes lusciosa (Meyrick), new combination 39
Depressariodes relegata (Meyrick), new combination 39
Gonionota Zeller 40
Gonionota mimulina (Butler), new combination 40
Nedenia, new genus 40
Nedenia rhodochra, new species 40
Revonda, new genus 42
Revonda eschara, new species 42
Despina, new genus 43
Despina rhodosema (Meyrick), new combination 44
lrenia, new genus 44
Irenia curvula, new species 44
lrenia leucoxantha, new species 45
Lucyna, new genus 45
Lucyna fenestella (Zeller), new combination 45
Dita, new genus 48
Dita phococara, new species 48
Dita fasciatipedella (Zeller), new combination 48
Utilia, new genus 49
Utilia luridella (Zeller), new combination 50
Utilia ochracea (Zeller), new combination 51
Utilia falcata, new species 51
Utilia florinda, new species 53
Alynda, new genus 53
Alynda striata, new species 54
Alynda sarissa, new species 55
Alynda cinnamomea, new species 56
Atha, new genus : 57
Atha trimacula, new species 57
Retha, new genus 58
Retha rustica, new species 58
Zymrina, new genus 59
Zymrina xanthosema (Meyrick), new combination 60
Callistenoma Butler 60
Callistenoma ustimacula (Zeller) 60
Lelita, new genus 60
Lelita acmaea, new species 60
Teresita, new genus 64
Teresita isaura, new species 64
Aliciana, new genus 64
Aliciana geminata, new species 65
Aliciana albella (Blanchard), new combination 66
Osmarina, new genus 66
Osmarina argilla, new species 67
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Arctopoda Butler 67
Arctopoda maculosa Butler 69
Philomusea Meyrick 69
Philomusea craterias Meyrick 71
Philomusea brachyxista Meyrick 71
Philomusea meniscogramma, new species 71
Literature Cited 73
Plates 74
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Neotropical Microlepidoptera, XXI:
New Genera and Species of
Oecophoridae from Chile
J. F. Gates Clarke
Introduction
The purpose of this paper is to make known cer-
tain genera and species that are representative of
what appears to be a very large oecophorid fauna
and to present these with the hope that my col-
leagues in the Southern Hemisphere will attempt to
relate the Chilean fauna to those, particularly, of
Australia and New Zealand. I hope, also, that lepi-
dopterists in Chile will attempt to expand our
knowledge of that fauna.
To date, only a comparatively few taxa in the
Oecophoridae have been described from Chile.
Blanchard (1852) appears to have been the first to
describe an oecophorid from Chile when he pub-
lished Epigraphia albella. Zeller (1874) seems to
have been next when he described Cryptolechia
ochracea, C. fasciatipedella, C. luridella, C. fene-
stella, and C. ustimacula. Next, Butler added (1883)
Arctopoda maculosa (=Polypseustis cuprea Dognin,
1908), which he described in the Tortricidae;
Melaneulia hectate was also described in the Tor-
tricidae. The following species were placed by
Butler in the Gelechiidae: Orthotelia increta, De-
pressaria edmondsii, Oecophora minneta, Hyper-
skeles choreutidea, Callistenoma ustimacula zelleri,
Cryptolechia phoenissa, Pisinidea viridis, and Ag-
riocoma mimulina. In 1893 Bartlett-Calvert de-
scribed Antithesia montana, without family designa-
tion, but which has been placed in the Oecophoridae
by Meyrick, and others, and which in fact belongs
/. F. Gates Clarke, Department of Entomology, National
Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Wash-
ington, D. C. 20560.
in the Tortricidae. In 1915 Meyrick described
Depressaria lusciosa, subsequently recognized from
Chile, and added Depressaria relegata (1922a). It
was not until 1931 that more Chilean Oecophoridae
were described by Meyrick. He added Borkhausenia
rhodosema, B. xanthosema, B. praesul (question-
ably from Chile), Harpella semnodoxa, Macarocosma
philochrysa, Philomusea craterias (described from
Argentina but present in Chile), P. brachyxista,
Cryptolechia scariphista, and C. orphnaea.
Of the described species I have placed albella in
Alicinia, new genus, ochracea and luridella in Utilia,
new genus; fasciatipedella in Dita, new genus;
fenetstella in Lucyna, new genus; increta, edmondsii,
and scariphista in Doina, new genus; Cryptolechia
phoenissa was transferred to Mattea (Duckworth,
1966); I place rhodosema in Despina, new genus;
xanthosema in Zymrina, new genus; praesul of ques-
tionable occurrence in Chile and not treated;
orphanea in Afdera, new genus; mimulina in Goni-
onota Zeller; lusciosa was transferred to Martyrhilda
Clarke by Clarke (1963) and relegata to the same
genus by Clarke (1965), but herein both are placed
in the genus Depressariodes Turati.
Of the described species, I am unable to place in
this classification the following: Oecophora min-
netta, Hyperskeles choreutidea, and Harpella sem-
nodoxa.
For the most part the species key to Australian,
African, or Indian genera but those genera are
described as having ocelli; all the Chilian species
lack ocelli. The majority of the Chilean genera,
therefore, appear to be endemic. The only tropical
American genus that intrudes on the Chilean scene
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is Gonionola Zeller. The genus Deprcssariodes
Turati is widespread in the holarctic region and
extends down the Andes and to the Juan Fernan-
dez Islands.
Specimens that are deposited in the National
Museum of Natural History (NMNH), Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, D.C., are listed under the
catalog number of the former United States Na-
tional Museum (USNM).
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.?Several people have helped
in the preparation of this paper. I appreciate the
help I have received from my old friend and col-
league Dr. John D. Bradley, Commonweath Insti-
tute of Entomology, London, who has repeatedly
answered questions concerning certain types in the
British Museum (Natural History); my thanks are
due my friend and colleague Dr. Klaus Sattler,
British Museum (Natural History), for arranging
the loan of several types and other pertinent mate-
rial housed in the collections of that institution. I
wish to thank Jack F. Marquardt and Mrs. Carolyn
Hahn, Smithsonian Library, for much help with
library materials. My thanks are due several illus-
trators who have contributed drawings: Andre1 del
Campo Pizzini (deceased), formerly on the Smith-
sonian staff, George L. Venable, Elaine Hodges,
Lawrence M. Druckenbrod, and Ambrose Nelson,
presently staff illustrators. My thanks are also due
Victor E. Kranz for the photographs.
Key to the Chilean Genera of Oecophoridae
1. Forewing with lc absent 2
Forewing with lc present 3
2. Abdominal terga setose Eraina, new genus
Abdominal terga not setose Aniuta, new genus
3. Abdominal terga not setose 4
Abdominal terga setose 20
4. Veins 7 and 8 of forewing coincident to termen Matte a Duckworth
Veins 7 and 8 of forewing otherwise 5
5. Veins 7 and 8 of forewing separate Pisinidea Butler
Veins 7 and 8 of forewing otherwise 6
6. Antennal pecten present 7
Antennal pecten absent 8
7. Veins 2 and 3 of forewing stalked Depressariodes Turati
Veins 2 and 3 of forewing separate Talitha, new genus
8. Vein 7 of forewing to costa 9
Vein 7 of forewing otherwise 15
9. Third segment of labial palpus as long as second 10
Third segment of labial palpus shorter than second 12
10. Forewing with vein lb simple Deia, new genus
Forewing with vein lb furcate 11
11. Veins 3 and 4 of hind wing stalked Macarocosma Meyrick
Veins 3 and 4 of hind wing connate Philomusea Meyrick
12. Hind tibia smooth 14
Hind tibia roughened with hairlike scales 13
IS. Vein 3 of forewing from well before angle of cell Perzelia, new genus
Vein 3 of forewing from angle of cell Corita, new genus
14. Labial palpus upturned, exceeding vertex Mima, new genus
Labial palpus porrect, or nearly so Altiura, new genus
15. Tongue vestigial; labial palpus greatly reduced Arctopoda Butler
Tongue and labial palpus otherwise 16
16. Forewing tortriciform 17
Forewing otherwise Doitia, new genus
17. Vein 7 of forewing to termen 18
Vein 7 of forewing to apex; termen convex Doshia, new genus
18. Veins 4 and 5 of forewing connate Melaneulia Butler
Veins 4 and 5 of forewing separate 19
19. Third segment of labial palpus less than half the length of second Ganionota Zeller
Third segment of labial palpus more than half length of second Nedenia, new genus
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20. Vein 7 and 8 of forewing coincident 21
Vein 7 and 8 of forewing otherwise 22
21. Antennal pecten present; veins 4 and 5 of forewing connate Revonda, new genus
Antennal pecten absent; veins 4 and 5 of forewing separate Despina, new genus
22. Vein 7 of forewing to apex 23
Vein 7 of forewing to tcrmen or costa 24
23. Scape with well-developed pecten Irenia, new genus
Scape without pecten Lucyna, new genus
24. Apex of forewing falcate 25
Apex of forewing not falcate 27
25. Veins 3 and 4 of hind wing connate 26
Veins 3 and 4 of hind wing stalked Dita, new genus
26. Upper internal vein of forewing well developed Utilia, new genus
Upper internal vein of forewing obsolete Alynda, new genus
27. Vein 7 of forewing to costa 28
Vein 7 of forewing to termen 32
28. Hind tibia roughened with hairlike scales 29
Hind tibia smooth Atha, new genus
29. Veins 3 and 4 of hind wing shortstalked Retha, new genus
Veins 3 and 4 of hind wing connate 30
30. Third segment of labial palpus as long as second Zymrina, new genus
Third segment of labial palpus noticeably shorter than second 31
31. Second segment of labial palpus broad, compressed Callistenoma Butler
Second segment of labial palpus otherwise Ajdera, new genus
32. Hind tibia smooth 33
Hind tibia roughened with hairlike scales 34
33. Veins 3 and 4 of hindwing stalked Lelita, new genus
Veins 3 and 4 of hindwing connate Teresita, new genus
34. Antennal pecten present Aliciana, new genus
Antennal pecten absent Osmarina, new genus
Eraina, new genus
TYPE-SPECIES.?Eraina thamnocephala, new spe-
cies (by monotypy and present designation). The
gender of this generic name is feminine.
Labial palpus upturned, exceeding vertex, second
segment with some projecting scales at apex; third
segment very slender, acute, as long as second.
Maxillary palpus slender, free. Head roughened with
loosely appressed scales; ocellus absent. Antenna
simple; scape without pecten. Forewing costa slightly
arched, termen oblique, 12 veins; 1b furcate; lc
absent; 2 remote from 3, 4 nearer to 5 than to 3;
7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa; 10 much closer to 9
than to 11; 11 from before middle of cell. Hind
wing with 8 veins; 2 remote from 3; 3 and 4 con-
nate; 5 nearer to 6 than to 4; 6 and 7 subparallel.
Hind leg tibia smooth. Abdomen setose.
Male genitalia with gnathos and uncus well
developed.
Female genitalia unknown.
Eriana has many characters in common with
Aniuta but differs from it by the much longer
palpus, the loose scaling at apex of second segment,
the furcation of lb of forewing, and the setose
abdomen.
Eraina thamnocephala, new species
FIGURE I; PLATE la
Alar expanse 17-21 mm.
Labial palpus light cream color; third segment
sparsely irrorate with fuscous. Antenna light cream
color with small fuscous spot on each segment;
scape with fine fuscous longitudinal line dorsally.
Head and thorax light cream color. Forewing
ground color pale cream color; extreme edge of
basal fifth of costa fuscous; fuscous discal spots as
follows: one in cell at basal third, one slightly be-
yond in fold, and a transverse pair at end of cell;
surface with or without ill-defined clay color patches
and sparse fuscous irrorations; around termen a
series of 4 or 5 fuscous spots, sometimes confluent;
cilia grayish mixed with cream color. Hind wing
ocherous white; surface, especially toward margins,
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FIGURE 1.?Eraina thamnocephala, new species: a, venation of right wings; b, ventral view of
male genitalia with left harpe and aedeagus removed; c, aedeagus; d, ventral view of female
genitalia.
NUMBER 27S
sprinkled with grayish-fuscous scales; outer edge
narrow grayish fuscous; cilia mixed grayish-tipped
cream and ocherous white. Foreleg cream color;
tibia and tarsal segments heavily overlaid fuscous;
tarsal segments cream color distally; midleg similar;
hind leg suffused grayish fuscous. Abdomen cream
color strongly suffused grayish fuscous; setose.
Male genitalia slides USNM 24137, 24241. Harpe
narrow; cucullus small, fingerlike; costa extended
as a long, fleshy process, swollen distally; sacculus
produced as a strongly sclerotized, slender, curved
process. Gnathos a slender hook. Uncus broad
basally, then narrowed and slightly dilated distally.
Vinculum narrowly U-shaped, saccus slightly de-
veloped. Tegumen slightly concave laterally. Anellus
strongly sclerotized, narrow basally, broader at mid-
dle, produced posteriorly as two sharply pointed
processes. Aedeagus moderately slender; vesica armed
with 4 or 5 weak, bluntly pointed cornuti.
Female genitalia slide USMN 24242. Ostium with
ventral lip deeply incised. Antrum granular. Incep-
tion of ductus seminalis posterolateral. Ductus
bursae partly membranous, anterior two-thirds
granular. Bursa copjulatrix very finely granular.
Signum an oval dentate plate.
HOLOTYPE?USNM 73690.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Chile, Maule, Pelluhue, 600 m.
Described from the male holotype (2 Dec 1953,
L. E. Pefia), 13 male and one female paratypes all
from the type-locality with same data as holotype.
At first glance E. thamnocephala reminds one of
Doina lagneia, new species, but averages paler in
color. The two are, of course, generically distinct
and can be separated easily on characters of the
palpus and genitalia.
Aniuta, new genus
TYPE-SPECIES.?Aniuta ochroleuca, new species
(by present designation). The gender of this generic
name is feminine.
Labial palpus upturned not reaching vertex;
second segment slightly roughened beneath; third
segment slender, acute, about as long as second.
Maxillary palpus minute. Head roughened with
loosely appressed scales; ocellus absent. Antenna of
male serrulate, female simple; scape without pecten.
Forewing costa nearly straight, termen oblique;
12 veins; lb furcation obsolescent; lc absent; 2
remote from 3; 3, 4, and 5 equidistant; 7 and 8
stalked, 7 to costa; 10 much closer to 9 than to 11;
11 from before middle of cell. Hind wing with
8 veins; 2 remote from 3; 3 and 4 connate (or very
short stalked); 5 well removed from 4; 6 and 7
parallel. Hind leg tibia smooth. Abdominal terga
not setose.
Male genitalia with gnathos absent.
Female genitalia with signum present.
Aniuta is near Borkhausenia but differs from it
by the absence of an ocellus, absence of pecten on
the scape, and lack of cilia on the flagellum. More-
over, the hind tibia of Aniuta is smooth, that of
Borkhausenia is clothed with long, fine, hairlike
scales. In the forewing lb is furcate in Borkhausenia
but in Aniuta the furcation is obsolescent, one
branch being scarcely indicated.
Aniuta ochroleuca, new species
FIGURE 2; PLATE lc
Alar expanse 12-13 mm.
Labial palpus pale ocherous white; second seg-
ment, except apex, fuscous on outer side; third
segment fuscous apically. Antenna buffy brown;
scape fuscous dorsally. Head white; scales around
base of scape fuscous. Thorax ocherous white;
tegula white except base fuscous. Forewing ground
color ocherous white to white; base of costa fuscous;
at apical third of costa a fuscous spot; in middle
of cell an oblique fuscous dash and a spot of same
color at end of cell; at middle, dorsally, a fuscous
suffusion and a shade of similar color around ter-
men; cilia ocherous white with a suffused grayish
subbasal line. Hind wing white, pale buff distally;
cilia pale buff. Foreleg ocherous white with fuscous
suffusion on outer side; midleg similar; hind leg
ocherous white with a suggestion of a few obscure
grayish spots. Abdomen ocherous white, slightly
darker posteriorly; not setose.
Male genitalia slides USMN 24121, 24238. Harpe
ample, dorsal and ventral edges nearly parallel;
cucullus rounded; sacculus produced distally as a
sharp spine. Uncus broad basally, narrowed dis-
tally. Vinculum with saccus produced, V-shaped.
Tegumen short, broad. Anellus a small rectangular
plate with a broad median anterior arm; posterior
corners of central plate articulated with elements of
transtilla. Aedeagus rather slender except broad-
ened proximally; cornuti absent.
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FIGURE 2.?Aniuta ochroleuca, new species: a, venation of
right wings; b, ventral view of male genitalia with left harpe
and aedeagus removed; c, aedeagus; d, ventral view of female
genitalia.
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Female genitalia slide USMN 24239. Ostium pear
shaped. Antrum a sclerotized band. Inception of
ductus seminalis near posterior end of ductus
bursae. Ductus bursae very slender and sclerotized
most of its length. Bursa copulatrix membranous.
Signum a large, transverse, triangular, sclerotized
plate with serrate anterior edge.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73691.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Llanquihue, Peulla.
Described from the male holotype (9 Mar 1959,
J. F. G. Clarke), 2 male and 2 female paratypes as
follows: male, Peulla (7 Mar 1959); male, 2 females,
Petrohue (10-12 Mar 1959), all from Llanquihue
Province, collected by J. F. G. Clarke.
Aniuta melanoma, new species
FIGURE 3; PLATE \b
Alar expanse 12-14 mm.
Labial palpus light buff; second segment with
grayish-fuscous shade on outer side. Antenna pale
ochraceous buff with grayish-fuscous annulations;
scape fuscous dorsally, light ochraceous buff ven-
trally. Head light buff, lightly infuscated. Thorax
light buff, suffused grayish fuscous; tegula grayish
fuscous basally. Forewing ground color grayish
fuscous with scattered darker scales; in cell, about
middle, and at end of cell, fuscous spots with a
fuscous bar between and slightly dorsad; at apical
third of costa a fuscous streak and inside that a
broken fuscous shade; around apex and along
termen a series of indistinct fuscous spots; cilia
pale grayish mixed with grayish fuscous. Hind
wing pale grayish buff, slightly darker toward mar-
gins; cilia pale grayish buff, becoming darker around
apex. Foreleg light buff, femur and tibia heavily
overlaid fuscous on outer side; tarsal segments
banded fuscous; midleg similar but dark markings
not so extensive; hind leg light buff with scattered
fuscous irrorations. Abdomen grayish fuscous dor-
sally; ventrally buff with grayish fuscous irroration
laterally.
Male genitalia slide USNM 24240. Harpe of
about equal width except narrowed before cucullus;
cucullus truncate; sacculus extended as a sharply
pointed process exceeding cucullus. Gnathos absent.
Uncus very weak, short, triangular. Vinculum
rounded. Tegumen constricted posteriorly. Anellus
tubular, with basal plate and lateral flaps. Aedeagus
stout proximally, pointed distally; vesica unarmed.
Female genitalia slide USNM 24218. Ostium
small, round, slightly protruding. Antrum not dif-
ferentiated. Inception of ductus seminalis slightly
before ostium. Ductus bursae slender, membranous
with slight granulation before bursa copulatrix.
Bursa copulatrix finely granular. Signum anterior,
a folded plate, the folded edge forming a serrated
keel, each outer edge with a median flange.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73692.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Llanquihue, Peulla.
Described from the male holotype (7 Mar 1959,
J. F. G. Clarke) and one female paratype with same
data except date (8 Mar 1959).
This is similar to A. ochroleuca but with less
contrasting markings of forewing. Moreover, the
extension of sacculus exceeds cucullus in A. mela-
noma but in A. ochroleuca the extension of sacculus
is curved and does not exceed cucullus.
Mattea Duckworth
Mattea Duckworth, 1966:2, fig. 1, pi. 1: fig. a. [Type-species:
Ciyptolechia phoenissa Butler, 1883:81, pi. 11: figs. 12, 12a;
by monotypy and original designation.]
Mattea phoenissa (Butler)
Cryptolechia phoenissa Butler, 1883:81, pi. 11: figs. 12, 12a.?
Bartlett-Calvert, 1886:347.
Mattea phoenissa (Butler).?Duckworth, 1966:2, fig. 1, pi. 1:
fig. a.
TYPE.?British Museum (Natural History).
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Corral.
The single species M. phoenissa, belonging to this
genus, exhibits the extraordinary character of hav-
ing veins 7 and 8 of forewing coincident to termen.
I know of no other American oecophorid genus
with this character. Previously figured in Duck-
worth (1966).
Pisinidea Butler
Pisinidea Butler, 1883:83. [Type-species: Pisinidea viridis
Butler, 1883:83, pi. 11: fig. 10; by monotypy.]
Pisinidea viridis Butler
FIGURE 4
Pisinidea viridis Butler, 1883:83, pi. 11; fig. 10.?Bartlett-
Calvert, 1886:347.
Male genitalia slide USNM 24243. Harpe of
nearly equal width throughout; cucullus broadly
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FIGURE 3.?Aniuta melanoma, new species: a, ventral view of male
genitalia with left harpe and aedeagus removed; b, aedeagus; c, ventral
view of female genitalia.
NUMBER 273
FIGURE 4.?Pisinidea viridis Butler: a, ventral view of male genitalia with left harpe and aedeagus
removed; b, aedeagus; c, venation of right wings.
rounded; sacculus broadly sclerotized; costa scle-
rotized, terminating distally in a short point;
clasper arising in middle of basal third of harpe,
directed toward saccular margin. Gnathos absent.
Transtilla U-shaped, arms of U pointed distally and
profusely clothed with setae basally. Uncus slender,
curved, pointed. Vinculum U-shaped; lateral arms
broadest at articulation with tegumen. Tegumen
hood shaped, broader than long. Anellus a large,
divided, sclerotized plate. Aedeagus simple, moder-
ately long; vesica apparently unarmed.
Female genitalia unknown.
HOLOTYPE.?British Museum (Natural History).
TYPE-LOCALITY.?"Chiloe ? . . . "
Unfortunately, the abdomen of the single speci-
men available to me was destroyed when the geni-
talia slide was prepared in 1929. Dr. John D. Brad-
ley of the Commonwealth Institute of Entomology
has examined a specimen in the British Museum
and has informed me that the abdomen is not
spined. The species is keyed accordingly.
The generic type is the only species I place here.
Talitha, new genus
TYPE-SPECIES.?Talitha anomala, new species (by
monotypy and present designation). The gender of
this generic name is feminine.
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Labial palpus slender, ascending; second segment
slightly roughened anteriorly; third segment shorter
than third. Maxillary palpus prominent, filiform,
free. Head smooth, sidetufts spreading; ocellus ab-
sent. Antenna simple (at least in female); scape
with pecten. Thorax smooth. Forewing smooth,
costa nearly straight, 12 veins; lb simple; lc present;
2, 3, and 4 nearly equidistant; 4 much nearer to 5
than to 3; 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex; 6, 7 + 8 and
9 equidistant, 10 much nearer to 9 than to 11;
11 from well before middle of cell; upper internal
vein well developed. Hind wing with 8 veins; 2, 3,
and 4 well separated; 5 approximate to 4; 5, 6, and
7 about equidistant, subparallel. Hind tibia clothed
with hairlike scales. Abdominal terga setose.
Female genitalia with signum present.
This is an anomalous genus combining oecophorid
and blastobasid characters. In the forewing veins
2 to 10 are bunched toward the outer end of cell
but veins 2 and 3 arise from the cell as in the
Oecophoridae. The signum is likewise oecophorid.
The setae of the terga are missing in Talitha and
are not present as a band of setae on the posterior
edges of the terga as in the blastobasids.
The genus differs from Depressariod.es by the
separate veins 2 and 3 of forewing and by the
bunching of veins 2 to 10.
Talitha anomala, new species
FIGURE 5; PLATE Id
Alar expanse 23 mm.
Labial palpus blackish fuscous; second segment
white basally and speckled with white on inner
side; inner side of third segment white. Antenna
blackish fuscous; pecten white. Head blackish
fuscous streaked with elongate white scales. Thorax
blackish fuscous mixed with gray and white scales;
tegula white tipped. Forewing ground color black-
ish fuscous heavily overlaid white; at basal fifth,
in cell, a blackish-fuscous spot followed at basal
third of cell by a pair of confluent blackish-fuscous
spots, these in turn followed by a pair of blackish-
fuscous spots on upper vein of cell; at end of cell
a transverse broken blackish-fuscous bar extends to
tornus; from apex, along termen a short blackish-
fuscous bar; cilia grayish mixed with white and
blackish-fuscous scales. Hind wing grayish fuscous
except cell that is gray devoid of grayish-fuscous
scales; cilia ocherous white. Foreleg sordid white,
heavily overlaid blackish fuscous on outer side;
midleg similar but with less dark marking; hind
leg ocherous white sparsely irrorate with grayish
fuscous. Abdomen grayish fuscous dorsally, sordid
white ventrally suffused grayish; abdominal terga
not setose.
Female genitalia slide USNM 24244. Ostium
broadly funnel shaped. Antrum not differentiated.
Inception of ductus seminalis well before ostium.
Ductus bursae membranous in posterior two-fifths
with most of this part with granular inner surface;
anterior three-fifths spiraled, membranous. Bursa
copulatrix membranous. Signum a triangular den-
tate plate.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73693.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Santiago, Guatacan.
Described from the female holotype (Oct 1952,
1100 m, L. E. Pefia) and one female paratype with
identical data.
The paratype is slightly larger than the holotype
and is not as contrastingly marked.
In general facies T. anomala reminds one of the
North American Valentinia glandulella (Riley)
(Blastobasidae) but T. dnomala lacks the transverse
submedian fascia of that species.
Deia, new genus
TYPE-SPECIES.?Deia lineola, new species (by
monotypy and present designation). The gender
of this generic name is feminine.
Labial palpus slender, recurved but second seg-
ment not reaching vertex, very slightly roughened
anteriorly; third segment as long as second, slender,
acute. Tongue well developed; maxillary palpus
slender, appressed to base of tongue. Head rough,
sidetufts spreading; ocellus absent. Antenna (female)
slightly serrate and finely pubescent; scape without
pecten. Thorax smooth. Forewing smooth, costa
nearly straight, termen slightly sinuate, oblique,
12 veins; lb simple; lc present; 2 remote from 3;
3, 4, and 5 approximate; 7 and 8 stalked from
well below angle, both to costa; 9 from angle; 10
much closer to 9 than to 11; 11 from beyond middle
of cell; upper internal vein absent. Hind wing with
8 veins; 2 distant from 3; 3 and 4 connate; 5 ap-
proximate to 4; 6 and 7 subparallel. Hind tibia
roughened with a few loose, long scales. Abdominal
terga not setose.
NUMBER 273 11
FIGURE 5.?Talitha anomala, new species: a, venation of right wings; b, ventral view of female
genitalia; c, signum enlarged.
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Male genitalia unknown.
Female genitalia without signum.
Deia is similar to Borkhausenia but differs from
it by the absence of pecten, the absence of an
ocellus, having a smoother hind tibia, lb simple,
and vein 2 of forewing remote from 3.
Deia lineola, new species
FIGURE 6; PLATE le
Alar expanse 11-12 mm.
Labial palpus white; second segment blackish
fuscous in apical half; third segment with blackish
scales scattered along anterior edge. Antenna black-
ish fuscous spotted with white ventrally; scape
longitudinally striped white and blackish fuscous.
Head olivaceous gray. Thorax blackish fuscous,
streaked with olivaceous gray. Forewing ground
color blackish fuscous; from middle of costa to
dorsum a broad white fascia with scattered blackish-
fuscous scales; from apical fourth of costa to tornus
a straight, white, transverse line; beyond this line
a patch of olivaceous-gray scales; termen narrowly
white; cilia gray mixed with olivaceous gray and
blackish-fuscous scales basally. Hind wing light
gray, somewhat darker toward margins. Foreleg
ocherous white; femur and tibia suffused fuscous
on outer side; tarsal segments spotted fuscous; mid-
leg similar; hind leg ocherous white with slight
grayish suffusion on outer side of tibia distally;
tarsal segments spotted fuscous on outer side. Ab-
domen grayish fuscous dorsally; ventrally sordid
white.
Female genitalia USNM 24207. Ostium small,
funnel shaped. Antrum a sclerotized ring. Inception
of ductus seminalis dorsal, at posterior edge of an-
trum. Ductus bursae membranous except for a
sclerotized area at about posterior third. Bursa
copulatrix membranous. Signum absent.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73694.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Llanquihue, Petrohue.
Described from the female holotype (10 Mar
1959, J. F. G. Clarke) and three female paratypes
with identical data, except one, 12 Mar 1959.
Aside from certain species of Chionodes (Gele-
chiidae) I know of no species with which D. lineola
can be favorably compared, unless one refers to
Borkhausenia praesul Meyrick from Argentina. In
the case of B. praesul, it is a larger moth and the
dark markings of D. lineola are more extensive
than those of B. praesul. Moreover, B. praesul
lacks the white transverse line at apical fourth of
forewing, present in D. lineola.
Macarocosma Meyrick
Macarocosma Meyrick, 1931:393. [Type-species: Macarocosma
philochrysa Meyrick, 1931; by monotypy.]
Macarocosma philochrysa Meyrick
FIGURE 7
Macarocosma philochrysa Meyrick, 1931:393.?Clarke, 1963,
4:314, pi. 154; figs. 1-lc.
Female genitalia slide USNM 24215. Ostium pro-
truding; ventral surface granular. Antrum cylin-
drical, sclerotized. Inception of ductus seminalis
ventral, at about anterior two-thirds of ductus
bursae. Dustus bursae very slender, membranous.
Bursa copulatrix with finely granular inner sur-
face; signum a long, curved sclerotized rod with
serrate edges.
The male genitalia, wings, and wing venation
have been figured in Clarke (1963) but the female
genitalia are here illustrated for the first time. So
far, only the single species of this genus has been
discovered.
Perzetia, new genus
TYPE-SPECIES.?Perzelia arda, new species (by
monotypy and present designation). The gender of
the generic name is feminine.
Labial palpus recurved, second segment exceed-
ing vertex, very slightly roughened anteriorly; third
segment slender, acute, slightly shorter than second.
Tongue well developed; maxillary palpus, minute,
free. Head smooth; side tufts spreading; ocellus
absent. Antenna simple; scape without pecten.
Thorax smooth. Forewing smooth, costa gently
arched, termen nearly straight, oblique, 12 veins;
lb furcate; lc well preserved; 2 remote from 3;
3 arising well before angle of cell; 4 and 5 connate,
from angle of cell; 6 nearer to 7 than to 5; 7 and
8 stalked, 7 to costa; 9 nearer to stalk of 7 and 8
than to 10; 10 nearer to 9 than to 11; 11 from
middle; upper internal vein absent. Hind wing with
8 veins; 2 remote from 3; 3 and 4 connate; 5 nearer
NUMBER 273 13
FIGURE 6.?Deia lineola, new species: a,
venation of right wings; b, ventral view
of female genitalia.
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FIGURE 7.?Macarocosma philochrysa Meyrick, ventral view
of female genitalia.
to 4 than to 6; 6 and 7 subparallel. Hind tibia
roughened with hairlike scales. Abdominal terga not
setose.
Male genitalia with well-developed uncus and
gnathos.
Female genitalia unknown.
In genitalia this genus is close to Doshia, new
genus, but the position of vein 3 of forewing well
before angle in Perzelia at once distinguishes it
from Doshia.
Perzelia arda, new species
FIGURE 8; PLATE 1/
Alar expanse 15-18 mm.
Labial palpus sordid white; second segment with
light grayish suffusion anteriorly and on outer side;
third segment grayish fuscous anteriorly. Antenna
very pale grayish, annulated grayish fuscous; scape
sordid white, infuscated dorsally. Head sordid
white; face infuscated. Thorax sordid white. Fore-
wing ground color sordid white; basally some pale
ocherous suffusion; extreme edge of costa, at base,
fuscous; underside of wing strongly overlaid fus-
cous; some specimens show a few widely scattered
grayish-fuscous scales on upper surface of forewing;
cilia white. Hind wing pale grayish, darker toward
margins; cilia mixed sordid white and grayish.
Foreleg sordid white; tibia and tarsal segments gray-
ish fuscous on outer sides; midleg similar; hind leg
sordid white. Abdomen sordid white heavily over-
laid grayish fuscous dorsally; first segment of male
with median eversible scale tuft.
Male genitalia slides USNM 24245, 24246. Harpe
broad, tapering rather abruptly to the truncated
cucullus; inside costa, near middle of harpe, a
cluster of stout, truncated setae; before cucullus,
on sacculus, a series of strong, short setae. Gnathos
a spined, heart-shaped knob. Uncus large, hood
shaped. Vinculum U-shaped. Tegumen subrectangu-
lar, slightly longer than uncus. Anellus a subrec-
tangular, sclerotized plate with median posterior
projection and a slender digitate process from base
on each side. Aedeagus long, curved, pointed; vesica
armed with one long, strong cornutus.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73695.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Maule, Pelluhue, 600 m.
Described from the male holotype (2 Dec 1953,
L. E. Pena) and 8 male paratypes, all with the same
data.
NUMBER 273 15
FIGURE 8.?Perzelia arda, new species: a, venation of right wings; b, ventral view of male
genitalia with left harpe and aedeagus removed; c, aedeagus.
Perzelia arda is similar to T. isaura, new species,
but has a much darker hind wing.
Corita, new genus
TYPE-SPECIES.?Corita amphichroma, new species
(by monotypy and present designation). The gender
of this generic name is feminine.
Labial palpus recurved; second segment exceed-
ing base of antenna, slightly roughened anteriorly;
third segment slender, acute, shorter than second.
Tongue well developed; maxillary palpus reduced,
filiform, free. Head roughened with loosely ap-
pressed scales, side tufts spreading; ocellus absent.
Antenna of male ciliated, female antenna serrate;
scape without pecten. Thorax smooth. Forewing
smooth, costa gently arched, apex slightly produced,
termen below apex slightly concave, 12 veins, lb
furcate; lc strongly preserved; 2 distant from 3;
3 from angle of cell; 3, 4, and 5 nearly equidistant,
approximate; 7 and 8 stalked, both to costa; 9 much
nearer to stalk of 7 and 8 than to 10; 10 nearer to
9 than to 11; 11 from well before middle of cell.
Upper internal vein absent. Hind wing with 8
veins; 2 remote from 3; 3 and 4 stalked; 5 about
equidistant from 4 and 6; 6 and 7 subparallel. Hind
tibia roughened with long hairlike scales. Ab-
dominal terga not setose.
Male genitalia with well-developed uncus and
gnathos.
Female with signum present.
This genus appears to be very closely related to
the New Zealand Gymnobathra Meyrick; in fact
the only characters by which Corita differs from
Gymnobathra are the absence of an ocellus and the
stalking of veins 3 and 4 in the hind wing. In-as-
much as Meyrick attributed an ocellus to many
genera where there is none, we can discount that
character and have left only the difference in the
condition of veins 3 and 4 in the hind wing.
Corita amphichroma, new species
FIGURE 9; PLATE Ig
Alar expanse 16-19 mm.
Labial palpus second segment clay color; third
segment buff. Antenna pale clay color with ill-
defined fuscous annulations. Head pale clay color
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FIGURE 9.?Corita amphichroma, new species: a, venation of right wings; b, ventral view of male
genitalia with left harpe and aedeagus removed; c, aedeagus; d, ventral view of female genitalia.
NUMBER 273 17
laterally and anteriorly; buff dorsally. Thorax clay
color. Forewing ground color clay color; three black
discal spots, one on fold, one in cell at two-fifths
and one at end of cell; costa with two buff spots,
one, the smaller of the two slightly before middle,
the larger one slightly beyond middle, the latter
followed by an ill-defined fuscous blotch; from the
outer angle of this blotch an outwardly curved row
of small fuscous spots ending at tornus; cilia clay
color except a fuscous apical group, the latter pre-
ceded and followed by a buff patch. Hind wing
ocherous white; veins and outer margin infuscated;
cilia pale grayish fuscous. Foreleg buff; outer side
clay color; midleg and hind leg light ochraceous
buff. Abdomen ochraceous buff ventrally, pale gray-
ish fuscous dorsally.
Male genitalia slide USNM 24247. Harpe simple,
costa strongly sclerotized; cucullus rounded. Gnathos
an elongate, triangular spined plate. Uncus narrow,
curved, pointed. Vinculum narrowly rounded. Teg-
umen rather narrow, half as long as harpe. Anellus
semitubular, deeply incised posteroventrally. Aedea-
gus short, stout, distally pointed; vesica armed with
a single strong cornutus.
Female genitalia slides USNM 24248, 24249.
Ostium cupped, transverse. Antrum very strongly
sclerotized, broadly dilated anteriorly and with a
dorsal spine at about two thirds. Inception of
ductus seminalis dorsal about middle of antrum.
Ductus bursae membranous, rather wide with two
coils before bursa copulatrix. Bursa copulatrix very
finely granular; appendix bursae membranous,
small. Signum an oval, dentate plate.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73696.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Centro-Austral.
Described from the female holotype (Jan-Mar
1898, V. Izquerdo), three female and two male para-
types with same data as holotype.
The males have a much darker hind wing than
the females but other characters agree.
This species is similar superficially to some species
of the genus Gonionota, particularly G. oligarcha
(Meyrick). On the costa of the forewing of C.
amphichroma there are two pale spots, on the costa
of G. oligarcha only one. Moreover, G. oligarcha
lacks the curved row of fuscous spots before termen
present on the forewing of C. amphichroma. The
labial palpus and genitalia immediately separate the
two.
Muna, new genus
TYPE-SPECIES.?Muna zostera, new species (by
monotypy and present designation). The gender of
the generic name is feminine.
Labial palpus recurved, exceeding vertex; second
segment slightly roughened anteriorly; third seg-
ment shorter than second, slender, acute. Tongue
well developed; maxillary palpus slender, free. Head
smooth, side tufts spreading; ocellus absent. An-
tenna slightly thickened, pubescent (in male); scape
without pecten. Thorax smooth. Forewing smooth,
costa arched, termen straight, 12 veins; 1b furcate;
lc very strongly preserved; 2 distant from 3; 3, 4,
and 5 equidistant; 7 and 8 stalked, both to costa;
9, 10, and 11 about equidistant; 11 from before
middle of cell; upper internal vein preserved. Hind
wing with 8 veins; 2 remote from 3; 3 and 4 con-
nate; 4, 5, and 6 about equidistant, subparallel.
Hind tibia smooth. Abdominal terga not setose.
Male genitalia with oval spined gnathos and
hood-shaped uncus.
Female genitalia not available.
In Meyrick's key (1922b) this genus keys to the
Indian and African genus Porthmologa. Muna
differs from Porthmologa, however, by the absence
of an ocellus, the smooth third segment of labial
palpus, in vein 2 of forewing being remote from 3,
and the smooth hind tibia. Moreover, the forewing
of Porthmologa, is narrow with a very oblique
termen while that of Muna is tortriciform with a
straight termen.
Muna zostera, new species
FIGURE 10; PLATE \h
Alar expanse 21 mm.
Labial palpus straw color; second segment with
ochraceous-tawny blotches on outer side; third seg-
ment ochraceous tawny on outer side and anteriorly.
Antenna grayish fuscous above, buff ventrally. Head
grayish buff. Thorax light cinnamon brown; tegula
concolorous. Forewing ground color light cinnamon
brown with violaceous tinge; at basal third two
ill-defined fuscous spots, one in cell, the other on
fold; from three-fifths of costa a broad straw-yellow
transverse fascia extends outwardly to middle of
wing, then curves inwardly to middle of dorsum;
both inner and outer edges of this fascia irregularly
marked with cinnamon-buff scales; between outer
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FIGURE 10.?Muna zostera, new species: a, venation of right wings; b, ventral view of male
genitalia with left harpe and aedeagus removed; c, aedeagus.
edge of fascia and termen, a series of five ill-defined,
grayish-fuscous spots; cilia cinnamon brown mixed
with a few straw color scales. Hind wing ocherous
white shading to very pale cinnamon brown at
apex. Legs ocherous white; foreleg tibia and tarsal
segments suffused grayish fuscous on outer side.
Abdomen sordid whitish with violaceous tinge.
Male genitalia slide USNM 24250. Harpe long
and narrow, with a cluster of strong setae at base
near costa; cucullus bluntly pointed; sacculus
moderately sclerotized and with a very small point
at its outer extremity. Gnathos an elongate, spined
plate. Uncus hood shaped with median posterior
point; posterior half of surface clothed with very
fine, short setae. Vinculum rounded. Tegumen
subrectangular, about as long as uncus. Anellus
U-shaped. Transtilla a very narrow sclerotized band
with a cluster of strong setae on each side. Aedeagus
moderately slender, slightly curved; vesica unarmed.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73697.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Chiloe Island, Dalcahue.
Described from the unique male holotype (10-12
Feb 1954, L. E. Pena).
The only species with which M. zostera can be
compared is Cqptotelia cyathopa (Meyrick) but
M. zostera has a complete pale transverse band of
forewing and the remaining ground color of M.
zostera is darker than in C. cyathopa.
Altiura, new genus
TYPE-SPECIES.?Altiura maculata, new species (by
monotypy and present designation). The gender of
this generic name is feminine.
Labial palpus slightly ascending, nearly porrect;
second segment slightly tufted anteriorly and pos-
teriorly; third segment slender, acute, less than
half the length of second. Tongue well developed;
maxillary palpus filiform, free. Head very rough,
scales on crown forming a tuft; ocellus absent.
Antennae ciliated in male, simple in female; scape
without pecten. Thorax smooth. Forewing smooth,
costa arched, termen oblique, convex, 12 veins;
lb furcate; lc strongly preserved; 2 well before 3;
3, 4, and 5 closely approximate; 7 and 8 stalked,
7 to costa; 9 much nearer to stalk of 7 and 8 than
NUMBER 273 19
to 10; 11 from before middle; upper internal vein
absent. Hind wing with 8 veins; 2 remote from 3;
3 and 4 connate or very short stalked; 4, 5, 6, and
7 about equidistant, subparallel. Hind tibia smooth.
Abdominal terga not setose.
Male genitalia with uncus and gnathos.
Female genitalia with signum.
Altiura keys to the New Zealand Izatha Walker
but differs from it by the absence of tufts of scales
on the forewing, the slightly ascending labial pal-
pus, and the smooth posterior tibia. In female
genitalia there appears to be a close relationship to
the South American genus Gonionota Zeller.
Altiura maculata, new species
FIGURE 11; PLATE 2a,b
Alar expanses 21-22 mm.
Labial palpus light ochraceous buff; second seg-
ment tawny on outer side and on inner side dis-
tally; third segment pale ochraceous buff with a
faint tawny streak at basal third on inner side. An-
tenna tawny dorsally, pale ochraceous buff ven-
trally. Head tawny mixed with ochraceous buff.
Thorax ochraceous buff; tegula tawny. Forewing
ground color light orange yellow; basal fifth of
costa broadly tawny with a violaceous tinge; on
middle of costa a similarly colored spot (in male
a similar spot at end of cell and a smaller one in
cell at one third); cilia orange yellow. Hind wing
ocherous white, cilia concolorous. Legs light ochra-
ceous buff. Abdomen light ochraceous buff; ab-
dominal terga not setose.
Male genitalia slide USNM 24251. Harpe of
almost even width throughout; cucullus broadly
rounded; sacculus an undulating sclerotized ridge
in outer half; at base, inside costa, a small raised
ridge. Gnathos broad, spoon shaped, broadly
rounded distally. Uncus a half cylinder with a deep
U-shaped excavation on posteroventral edge. Vin-
culum rounded. Tegumen very broad basally, nar-
rowed posteriorly. Anellus a broad, sclerotized,
curved plate with a large winglike structure on each
side, also from each basal angle a fleshy papilla.
Aedeagus stout, curved, relatively short, pointed
distally; vesica armed with a single, stout, curved
cornutus.
Female genitalia slide USNM 24206. Ostium very
small, slitlike, transverse. Antrum a sclerotized ring.
Inception of ductus seminalis lateral, slightly an-
terior to antrum. Ductus bursae lightly rugose;
anterior section before bursa copulatrix sclerotized.
Bursa copulatrix very finely granular. Signum a
broad dentate plate.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73698.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Santiago Province, Cajon de
Maypo, Cordillera, El Canelo.
Described from the female holotype (12-20 Jan
1948, Tito Ramirez) and one male paratype (Peumo,
15 Mar 1951, J. Herrera).
This has nearly the ground color of Gonionota
mimulina (Butler) but the dark markings of A.
maculata are much reduced.
Doina, new genus
TYPE-SPECIES.?Doina lagneia, new species (by
present designation). The gender of this generic
name is feminine.
Labial palpus recurved, second segment reaching
or exceeding vertex, smooth; third segment slender,
acute, shorter than second. Tongue well developed;
maxillary palpus very small, filiform, appressed to
base of tongue. Head smooth; side tufts spreading;
ocellus absent. Antenna pubescent in male, simple
in female, scape without pecten. Thorax smooth.
Forewing smooth, costa gently arched, termen
nearly straight, slightly oblique, 12 veins; lb fur-
cate; 1c strongly preserved, 2, 3, 4 approximate;
4 and 5 connate or very closely approximate; 5, 6,
7 nearly parallel; 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex, or to
termen very slightly below apex; 9 nearer to stalk
of 7 and 8 than to 10; 10 nearer 9 than to 11;
11 from middle. Hind wing with 8 veins; 2 distant
from 3; 3 and 4 connate or very short stalked; 5
nearer 6 than to 4; 5-8 nearly parallel. Hind tibia
smooth or with a few short, loosely appressed scales
at base. Abdominal terga not setose.
Male genitalia with well-developed uncus and
gnathos.
Female genitalia with signum (except D. phaeo-
bregma).
This "genus" is closely related to Psilocorsis but
differs from it by the absence of the longitudinally
striped labial palpus found consistently in Psilo-
corsis, vein 11 of forewing from middle of cell and
vein 5 of hind wing nearer to vein 6 than to 4.
The species grouped under Doina show some
variation. Of the species in which males are known,
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FIGURE 11.?Altitira macttlata, new species: a, venation of right wings; b, ventral view of male
genitalia with left harpe and acdeagus removed; c, aedeagus with part of anellus attached;
d, ventral view of female genitalia; e, signum, enlarged.
NUMBER 273 21
some have a median ventral eversible scale tuft from
the first abdominal segment, some do not. Of the
known males, six have a cluster of strong setae at
the base of harpe, five do not, although in other
features they are consistent, except D. glebula has
a divided uncus and probably requires a different
genus, but keys to this group. The known females
(except D. scariphista and D. phaeobregma) have a
multibranched signum.
Doina paralagneia, new species
FIGURE 12; PLATE 2c
Alar expanse 18-20 mm.
The description of the following, D. lagneia,
will suffice for D. paralagneia except spot at middle
of costa of forewing D. paralagneia more conspicu-
ous than in D. lagneia and forewing with more of
an orange tinge. Foretibia brownish or fuscous.
Abdomen with ventromedian pocket containing
scale tuft on first and second segments of male.
Male genitalia slides USNM 24122, 24124, 24125.
Harpe broad, stubby, simple, scarcely longer than
tegumen; cucullus rounded. Gnathos a transverse,
oval, spined knob. Uncus as long as tegumen, some-
what truncated distally. Vinculum U-shaped. Tegu-
men about as broad as long. Anellus a strongly
sclerotized subrectangular plate; from each corner,
basally, a strongly sclerotized lobe, dilated distally;
opposite corners, each with a papilla directed an-
teriorly. Aedeagus C-shaped; vesica armed with
cluster of slender cornuti.
Female genitalia silde USNM 24123. Ostium very
small, protruding lamella antivaginalis sclerotized,
cupped. Antrum not differentiated. Inception of
ductus seminalis from slightly before ostium. Ductus
bursae long, looped, and reversed on itself. Bursa
copulatrix oval, membranous; appendix bursae
present, membranous. Signum a long, branched,
sclerotized plate extending full length of bursa
copulatrix.
HOLOTVPE.?USNM 73700.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Centro-Austral.
Described from the male holotype, 2 male para-
types, Centro-Austral (Jan-Mar 1898, V. Izquerdo);
male paratype, Arauco, Caramavida (1-6 Jan 1954,
L. E. Pena): and one female paratype, Province
Cautin, near Pucon (4 Jan 1966, O. Flint and
Cekalovic).
This and the following fly together and are, for
all intents and purposes, indistinguishable in the
field. Even when one has the two side by side the
only superficial character that can be used to
separate them is the color of the foretibia, which
is carmine or carmine-tinged on outer side in
D. lagneia and brownish or fuscous in D. paralag-
neia. Moreover, the male of D. paralagneia has a
ventromedial pocket, containing a scale tuft, on
the first and second abdominal segments that is
lacking in D. lagneia. Unfortunately, this character
can only be seen in dissected specimens. The male
genitalia present excellent characters for separation
as can be seen from the figures. The differences
between the aedeagi are so striking that there is no
difficulty in distinguishing between them. Unfortu-
nately, there is only one female specimen that I
have placed with D. paralagneia on the color of
the foretibia, so no comparison between the two
species, based on females, can be made.
Doina lagneia, new species
FIGURE 13; PLATE 2d
Alar expanse 20-22 mm.
Labial palpus light ochraceous buff; second seg-
ment overlaid clay color. Antenna brown dorsally,
clay color ventrally; scape light ochraceous buff
ventrally. Head light buff to light ochraceous buff.
Thorax buff to light ochraceous buff, sometimes
overlaid and irrorate clay color; tegula with extreme
base fuscous. Forewing ground color light ochrace-
ous buff; extreme base of costa fuscous; from mid-
costa around apex and termen a series of 11 fuscous
spots, the last, on tornus, more of a longitudinal
streak; at basal third, in cell, a fuscous spot; a
similar, but larger, spot on fold and one at end of
cell (in some specimens these spots are obscure or
absent); surface of wing sparsely irrorate with clay
color and fuscous scales; cilia various, clay color,
grayish or cinnamon buff, sometimes mixed. Hind
wing ocherous white, darker toward margins; cilia
light buff. Foreleg light buff; tibia carmine on outer
side; tarsal segments annulated fuscous; midleg
light buff; outerside of femur, distally, infuscated;
tibia shaded with fuscous basally and irrorate with
fuscous on outer side; hind leg light buff; terminal
four basal segments clouded grayish fuscous. Ab-
domen light buff to light ochraceous buff; ventro-
laterally a few ill-defined grayish-fuscous spots on
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FIGURE 12.?Doina paralagneia, new species: a, ventral view of male genitalia with left harpe
and actleagus removed; b, aedeagus; c, ventral view of female genitalia; d, detail of signum,
enlarged.
NUMBER 275 23
FIGURE. 13.?Doina lagneia, new species: a, venation of right wings; b, ventral view of male
genitalia with left harpe and aedeagus removed; c, aedeagus; d, lateral outline of male genitalia
with aedeagus in situ; e, ventral view of female genitalia.
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posterior segments; dorsally centers of segments
grayish fuscous; abdominal terga not setose.
Male genitalia slides USNM 24126, 24127, 24128,
24136, 24252, 25253. Harpe simple, longer than
tegumen and uncus combined; cucullus narrowly
rounded. Gnathos a pear-shaped, spined knob.
Uncus as long as tegumen, broad basally and
bluntly pointed distally. Vinculum U-shaped. Tegu-
men subrectangular, nearly as broad as long. Anel-
lus a lighty sclerotized plate with a fleshy, finger-
like lobe from base on each side. Aedeagus about
as long as uncus and tegumen combined, curved,
pointed distally; vesica armed with a cluster of
long slender cornuti.
Female genitalia slides USNM 24134, 24136.
Ostium very small, conical. Antrum not differenti-
ated. Inception of ductus seminalis well before os-
tium, ventral. Ductus bursae long, membranous,
reversed on itself. Bursa copulatrix membranous.
Signum posterior, a short multibranched plate. La-
mella antevaginalis a narrow sclerotized band.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73699.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Lautara.
Described from the male holotype (Nov 1895, V.
Izquerdo), and 11 male and two female paratypes
as follows: 9 males, Centro-Austral (Jan-Mar, V.
Izquerdo); male, Malleco, Rio Blanco (21-24 Nov
1954, L. E. Pena); male, 2 females, Llanquihue,
Petrohue (10 Mar 1959, J.F.G. Clarke).
This is a variable species, one male exhibiting
considerable grayish clouding in the basal half of
forewing, and a paler, yellowish ground color than
is found in most specimens. One female has a pale
yellowish ground color to the forewing and con-
spicuous discal spots.
Under D. paralagneia, I have discussed the dif-
ferences between the two.
Doina flinti, new species
Fict'RF. 14; PLATE 2e
Alar expanse 22 mm.
Labial palpus light buff; second segment light
ochraceous buff on outer side; third segment light
ochraceous buff laterally. Thorax light ochraceous
buff; tegula paler posteriorly. Forewing ground
color light buff; extreme costal edge white; in-
wardly, narrowly clay color; from middle of costa,
around outer end of cell to fold, a clay color blotch;
from basal third of costa an ill-defined clay color
fascia extends to dorsum; in middle of cell a fus-
cous speck; at end of cell a well-defined fuscous
spot; cilia light buff suffused basally with light
ochraceous buff. Hind wing whitish with slight buff
shading terminally; cilia concolorous. Foreleg light
buff shaded light orchraceous buff on outer side;
midleg similar; hind leg light buff. Abdomen buff;
first two segments shaded light ochraceous buff dor-
sally.
Female genitalia slide USNM 24209. Ostium
funicular, rather broad. Antrum not differentiated.
Inception of ductus seminalis lateral, slightly before
ostium. Ductus bursae finely granular posteriorly,
membranous anteriorly, very long, twisted. Bursa
copulatrix very finely granular; appendix bursae
small, membranous. Signum a branched plated with
8 to 9 branches on a side.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73701.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Province Cautin, near Pucon.
Described from the unique female holotype (4
Jan 1966, O. Flint and Cekalovic).
Structurally, D. flinti is probably nearest D. subi-
cula, new species, but has none of the dark mark-
ings of that taxon.
I am pleased to dedicate this species to Dr. Oliver
S. Flint, one of the collectors.
Doina inconspicua, new species
FIGURE 15; PLATE 2/
Alar expanse 26-30 mm.
Labial palpus sordid white; second segment heav-
ily overlaid with drab and gray on outer side and
anteriorly. Antenna very pale cinereous; scape drab.
Head drab. Thorax drab. Forewing ground color
light drab; surface of wing irrorate with scattered
grayish-fuscous scales; at two-fifths, in cell, an ill-
defined, small fuscous discal spot; at end of cell a
similar but larger spot; a third similar spot on fold
(in some specimens these spots are missing); between
end of cell and termen a series of three or four
small, ill-defined fuscous spots; along termen, to
tornus, a series of seven ill-defined fuscous spots;
cilia a mixture of drab and cinereous scales. Hind
wing sordid white, the surface toward margins irro-
rate with fuscous scales; cilia sordid white with
narrow drab subbasal and subterminal lines. Fore-
leg and midleg sordid white, strongly overlaid drab
NUMBER 273 25
FIGURE 14.?Doina flinti, new species, ventral view of female genitalia.
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FIGURE 15.?Doina inconspicua, new species: a, ventral view of
male genitalia with left harpe and aedeagus removed,
b, aedeagus.
on outer sides; hind leg sordid white mottled drab.
Abdomen sordid white heavily overlaid drab and
irrorate fuscous; abdomen of male with eversible
median scale tuft from first segment.
Male genitalia slide USNM 24254. Harpe elon-
gate, simple, about twice as long as tegumen; cucul-
lus broadly rounded. Gnathos a pear-shaped, spined
knob. Uncus very board, posterior edge excavated.
Vinculum U-shaped. Tegumen, one-and-a-half times
length of uncus. Anellus broadly oval with a pair
of digitate processes from base. Aedeagus stout,
curved, pointed distally, about as long as harpe;
vesica armed with a strong cornutus arising from a
rectangular plate.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73702.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Arauco, Caramavida.
Described from the male holotype (25-31 Dec
1953, L. E. Pefia), one male paratype with same
data (except 1-6 Jan 1954), and one male paratype,
Santiago, Guayacan (Oct 1952, 1100 m, L. E. Pefia).
This species averages a little large than D. erem-
nogramma and lacks any of the longitudinal dark
markings of that species. Moreover, D. inconspicua
lacks the cluster of stout setae at the base of harpe
as in D. eremnogramma.
Doina asperula, new species
FIGURE 16; PLATE 2g
Alar expanse 23-24 mm.
Labial palpus sordid white; second segment
speckled with grayish-fuscous scales. Antenna gray-
ish with very narrow fuscous annulations; scape fus-
cous. Head sordid white, laterally edged fuscous.
Thorax sordid white infuscated anteriorly. Fore-
wing ground color light cinnamon buff; base of wing
a narrow white patch edged outwardly by fuscous;
from slightly beyond middle of costa a broad, trans-
verse gray shade extends to dorsum and curves in-
wardly to basal white patch; outer edge of gray
shade marked by an outwardly curved line of black
spots; costa, beyond beginning of gray shade and
termen, grayish fuscous; cilia a mixture of cinereous
and grayish fuscous scales. Hind wing very pale
grayish basally, lightly infuscated toward margin;
margin narrowly grayish fuscous; cilia sordid white,
slightly infuscated. Foreleg ocherous white; tibia
and tarsal segments suffused fuscous on outer sides;
midleg similar; hind leg ocherous white. Abdomen
grayish fuscous dorsally, ocherous white ventrally.
Female genitalia slide 24255. Ostium small, fun-
nel shaped. Antrum not differentiated. Inception of
ductus seminalis lateral, slightly anterior to ostium.
Ductus bursae membranous. Bursa copulatrix mem-
branous. Signum an elongate, many branched
sclerotized plate.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73703.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Maule, Constitution.
Described from the female holotype. (26 Nov
1953, L. E. Pefia) and one female paratype with
identical data.
Like D. subicula, D. asperula has a small white
patch at base of forewing. In addition, D. asperula
has a cinnamon buff shade inside basal half of costa,
entirely lacking in D. subicula.
NUMBER 273 27
Doina truncata, new species
FIGURE 17; PLATE 2h
Alar expanse 16-22 mm.
Labial palpus pale buff suffused and irrorate with
fuscous on outer surface of second segment; an-
terior and posterior edges of second segment very
pale pink; third segment very sparsely dusted fus-
cous. Antenna buff, suffused fuscous. Head drab
mixed fuscous and cinereous. Thorax light ochrace-
ous buff. Forewing ground color light ochraceous
buff shading to ochraceous tawny before a broad
light buff terminal area; outer half of wing very
sparsely irrorate with fuscous; on costa, just before
apex, an ill-defined, tiny fuscous dot; along termen
a series of 5 fuscous spots; lying on tornal edge a
blackish streak; cilia drab. Hind wing pale grayish
FIGURE 16.?Doina asperula, new species: a, ventral view of
female genitialia; b, signum, enlarged.
FIGURE 17.?Doina truncata, new species: a, ventral view of
male genitalia with left harpe and aedcagus removed;
b, aedcagus.
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fuscous, paler basally; on termen three or four ill-
defined fuscous spots and apical portion of wing
speckled with fuscous. Foreleg pale buff; tibia suf-
fused and irrorate fuscous; 1st tarsal segment with
longitudinal orange-ocherous dash; midleg pale
buff; femur and tibia suffused and speckled grayish
fuscous; hind leg pale buff with a few scattered
fuscous scales. Abdomen pale buff, suffused light
ocherous posteriorly.
Male genitalia slide USNM 24256. Harpe ample,
gently tapered to the rounded cucullus; base of in-
ner surface clothed with a cluster of stout setae.
Gnathos a spined knob. Uncus triangular; broad
basally, tapering to a point posteriorly. Vinculum
narrow U-shaped. Tegumen narrow, about as long
as vinculum, finely scobinate laterally. Anellus a
small sclerotized plate with large lateral lobes.
Aedeagus short, stout, curved, bulbous basally;
vesica armed with a few slender cornuti.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73704.
TYPE-LOCAUTY.?Centro-Austral.
Described from the male holotype (Jan-Mar
1898, V. Izquerdo), and one female paratype (with-
out abdomen), Lautaro (Nov 1895, V. Izquerdo).
The female is more ochraceous orange than the
male before the buff terminal area.
In genitalia D. truncata is probably nearest to D.
subicula but the pointed uncus of D. truncata im-
mediately distinguishes it from D. subicula.
Doina subicula, new species
FIGURE 18; PLATE 3a
Alar expanse 24-25 mm.
Labial palpus fuscous; second segment with longi-
tudinal area and apex buff; third segment apex
buff. Antenna fuscous; scape with buff spot dorsally
at apex. Head drab, side tufts and frons infuscated.
Thorax drab suffused fuscous, tegula fuscous with
light ochraceous-buff apex. Forewing ground color
fuscous; basal angle light ochraceous buff; on costa,
to apex, a series of ill-defined light ochraceous-buff
dots; in cell a blackish dash joined at end of cell
by a transverse bar of the same color; between cell
and termen an ill-defined, outwardly curved series
of light ochraceous-buff spots; termen narrowly
edged blackish fuscous; cilia drab and fuscous,
tipped with sordid buff; underside of costa buff.
Hind wing light grayish olive with darker line
around outer edge; cilia light grayish olive. Foreleg
FIGURE 18.?Doina subicula, new species: a, ventral view of
male genitalia with left harpe and aedeagus removed;
b, aedeagus.
buff overlaid fuscous on outer side; tarsal segments
annulated buff; midleg similar but tibia with two
buff annuli; hind leg buff with some infuscation on
tibia and tarsal segments. Abdomen buff with
median fuscous line dorsally and series of four in-
distinct fuscous spots laterally.
Male genitalia slide USNM 24257. Harpe ample,
tapering slightly to rounded cucullus; base of in-
ner surface clothed with cluster of stout setae; sac-
culus narrowly sclerotized. Gnathos a broad, trans-
verse, subtriangular spined knob. Uncus as long as
tegumen, hood shaped, narrowed posteriorly. Vin-
culum U-shaped. Tegumen nearly as broad as long,
lightly scobinate laterally. Anellus a small, sclero-
NUMBER 273 29
tized plate with large flattened lateral lobes. Aedea-
gus stout, pointed, strongly curved, and bulbous
basally; vesica with elongate roughened area.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73705.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Chile, Llanquihue, Peulla.
Described from the male holotype (7 Mar 1959,
J.F.G. Clarke) and one male paratype with identical
data.
The nearest relative of this is D. phaeobregma,
from which it is distinguished by the darker ground
color and the presence of the light ochraceous-buff
basal angle absent in D. phaeobregma. The male
genitalia are similar but the gnathos of D. subicula
is short and broad, that of D. phaeobregma long
and narrow.
Doina annulata, new species
FIGURE 19; PLATE 3b
Alar expanse 24 mm.
Labial palpus fuscous, narrowly buff on the in-
side posteriorly. Antenna light gray color, the light
clay color almost obscured by fuscous annulations;
scape fuscous except for buff apex posteriorly. Head
grayish clay color. Thorax mixed clay color and
fuscous. Forewing ground color light clay color;
from extreme base of costa to fold a short black,
transverse dash; from fold to costa basal two-thirds
of wing marked with fuscous and black scales, espe-
cially along fold and between end of cell and costa;
in middle of cell a black dash followed at end of
cell by a similarly colored L-shaped mark; before
termen three ill-defined fuscous blotches; around
apex, along termen to tornus, a series of fuscous
dashes forming almost a continuous narrow line;
cilia clay color mixed with fuscous. Hind wing olive
buff with narrow grayish-fuscous terminal line;
cilia similarly colored with a grayish-fuscous sub-
basal band. Foreleg buff heavily overlaid fuscous;
midleg similar; hind leg buff with slight infuscation
on outer side. Abdomen pale grayish with slight
yellowish tinge; first segment almost wholly infus-
cated dorsally, other segments with only slight in-
fuscation; ventrally buff, somewhat infuscated pos-
teriorly.
Male genitalia slide USNM 24258. Harpe broad-
est at base, tapering gradually to a narrowly
rounded cucullus; near base, in middle, a cluster
of stout setae. Gnathos a broadly triangular spined
knob. Uncus broadly hood shaped, slightly longer
FIGURE 19.?Doina annulata, new species: a, ventral view of
male genitalia with left harpe and aedeagus removed;
b, aedeagus.
than tegumen. Vinculum narrowly U-shaped. Tegu-
men short, less than, half the length of harpe,
broader posteriorly than anteriorly. Anellus a scle-
rotized plate with a fleshly lobe on each side at
base. Aedeagus robust, sharply bent, pointed dis-
tally; vesica armed with a cluster of long strong
setae.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73706.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Gen tro-Austral.
Described from the male holotype (Jan-Mar
1898, V. Izquerdo).
The markings of D. annulata are similar to those
of Cryptolechia veniflua Meyrick, but are more
sharply defined; and D. annulata is a much smaller
insect. In genitalia D. annulata and D. subicula, new
species, are very closely related but the vesica of D.
annulata is armed with a cluster of strong cornuti,
absent in D. subicula.
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Doina eremnogramma, new species
FIGURE 20; PLATE 3C
Alar expanse 28-31 mm.
Labial palpus sordid white speckled with grayish
fuscous. Antenna grayish; scape fuscous dorsally.
Head cinereous mixed with a few fuscous scales.
Thorax cinereous with fuscous lateral line and gray-
ish suffusion centrally; tegula fuscous. Forewing
ground color cinereous; from base of wing, between
veins 11 and 12, a fuscous line extends to almost
middle of costa; between veins 9 and 10 and 10
and 11, short fuscous streaks; similar but ill-defined
lines between other veins; from apical third of costa,
around apex and along termen to tornus, a series
of 11 fuscous streaks; in cell a fuscous longitudinal
streak and a grayish-fuscous shade; on fold, at about
two-fifths, a short fuscous streak; apical two-fifths
of wing lightly infuscated; cilia mixed cinereous
and grayish fuscous. Hind wing sordid white, lightly
infuscated and sparsely irrorate with small grayish-
fuscous scales. Foreleg sordid white; femur, tibia,
and tarsal segments heavily overlaid fuscous on
outer sides; midleg sordid white; femur fuscous
apically; tibia and tarsal segments lightly infus-
cated; hind leg ocherous white, irrorate grayish
fuscous; tarsal segments lightly suffused grayish
fuscous. Abdomen sordid white dorsally with slight
grayish suffusion; ventrally irrorate with grayish fus-
cous.
Male genitalia slide USNM 24259. Harpe simple,
with rounded cucullus; at base a cluster of short,
stout setae. Gnathos spined, reniform. Uncus as
long as tegumen, hood shaped, bluntly pointed dis-
tally. Vinculum U-shaped. Tegumen subrectangular.
Anellus a rectangular plate, with a strong, curved
blade extending beyond base of harpe on each side.
Aedeagus stout, strongly curved, pointed; vesica
armed with a single, long cornutus.
Female genitalia slide USNM 24260. Ostium
small, funnel shaped. Antrum undifferentiated. In-
ception of ductus seminalis slightly before ostium.
Ductus bursae broad, slightly sclerotized and looped
posteriorly, remainder membranous. Bursa copula-
trix membranous. Signum a long, multibranched,
sclerotized plate.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73707.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Arauco, Caramavida.
Described from the male holotype (1-6 Jan 1954,
L. E. Pena) and one female paratype, Maule, Con-
stituti6n (16 Nov 1953, L. E. Pena).
In male genitalia D. eremnogramma appears to
be nearest D. trachycantha but the gnathos of D.
eremnogramma is reniform, that of D. trachycantha
is split into two separate elements. The two blade-
like structures on each side of the anellus immedi-
ately separate D. eremnogramma from any near
relatives.
Doina phaeobregma, new species
FIGURE 21; PLATE 3e
Alar expanse 20-23 mm.
Labial palpus brussels brown; inner surface of
second segment with narrow buff longitudinal
streak; third segment buff with anterior edge fus-
cous for entire length. Antenna buff with bronze
cast ventrally, semiannulated grayish fuscous dor-
sally; scape fuscous. Head drab, vertex violaceous.
Thorax light brussels brown. Forewing ground color
light brussels brown; extreme edge of costa rufous;
from apical half of costa, around termen to tornus,
twelve tiny salmon-buff spots; in middle of cell
a fuscous spot; on fold a similarly colored, larger
spot; at end of cell a short fuscous transverse dash;
subterminally, from vein 2 to vein 7 a series of five
fuscous spots, each preceded inwardly by buff scales;
termen narrowly edged fuscous; underside of costa
and longitudinal streaks between the veins, buff;
cilia light brussels brown. Hind wing very pale
grayish fuscous; cilia buff with some very pale gray-
ish fuscous at apex. Foreleg buff; outer sides of tibia
and tarsal segments brussels brown; midleg similar;
hind leg buff with slight grayish suffusion on outer
side. Abdomen grayish fuscous dorsally, buff ven-
trally; laterally, a series of four blackish spots in
posterior half; with paired ventral hair pencil from
first sternum.
Male genitalia slides USNM 24261, 24262. Harpe
long, slender; cucullus rounded; sacculus very nar-
rowly sclerotized; at base, on inner surface, a patch
of strong setae. Gnathos a spined knob. Uncus al-
most as long as tegumen, sharply pointed. Vincu-
lum subtriangular. Tegumen narrow, about two-
thirds the length of the harpe; scobinate laterally.
Anellus a narrow transverse plate with large, flat,
lateral lobes. Aedeagus stout, slightly curved; apex
sharply pointed; base bulbous; cornuti absent.
NUMBER 273
31
FIGURE 20.?Doina eremnogramma, new species: a, ventral view of male
genitalia with left harpe and aedeagus removed; b, aedeagus; c, ventral view
of female genitalia.
32 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY
FIGURE 21.?Doina phaeobregma, new species: a, ventral view of
male genitalia with left harpe and aedeagus removed; b, aedeagus;
c, ventral view of female genitalia.
NUMBER 273 33
Female genitalia slide USNM 24263. Ostium fun-
nel shaped; lamella postvaginalis a broadly sclero-
tized transverse band; lamella antevaginalis a very
narrow sclerotized band. Antrum not differentiated.
Inception of ductus seminalis slightly anterior to
ostium. Ductus bursae membranous. Bursa copu-
latrix membranous. Signum absent.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73708.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Centro-Austral.
Described from the male holotype (Jan?Mar
1898, V. Izquerdo), 11 male and 1 female paratypes
with same data as holotype; two males (Chile, V.
Izquerdo).
In male genitalia D. phaeobregma is very near D.
truncata but with a more sharply pointed uncus.
Moreover, D. phaeobregma lacks the buff terminal
area found in D. truncata. The absence of a signum
at once separates D. phaeobregma from all other
species of this group.
Doina trachycantha, new species
FIGURE 22; PLATE 3d
Alar expanse 26 mm.
Labial palpus buff; second segment with tawny
suffusion on outer side; third segment pale tawny.
Antenna buff, strongly overlaid tawny. Head buff,
mixed tawny. Thorax buff mixed with tawny; tegula
tawny proximally. Forewing ground color buff;
tawny suffusion along costa; surface of wing sprin-
kled with tawny irrorations; in middle of cell a
slender fuscous streak; at end of cell a small fuscous
spot followed by tawny; from just before apex, on
costa, around tornus, a series of small fuscous spots
between the veins; cilia mixed buff and tawny. Hind
wing very pale cinereous with slight grayish suffu-
sion; cilia sordid white. Foreleg buff; femur and
tibia suffused tawny on outerside, tibia with a streak
of carmine; tarsi almost wholly tawny; midleg simi-
lar; hind leg buff. Abdomen pale brassy yellow
strongly overlaid anterodorsally with fuscous, less
so posterodorsally; ventrally ocherous white; on each
side ventrolaterally a row of two or three fuscous
spots.
Male genitalia slide USNM 24264. Harpe about
twice length of tegumen, of nearly equal width
throughout; cucullus rounded; at base, just inside
sacculus, a cluster of sharply pointed stout setae.
Gnathos a pair of spined knobs. Uncus as long
as tegumen, rather narrow, bluntly pointed dis-
tally. Vinculum U-shaped. Tegumen about as long
as broad; outer surface granular. Anellus a broadly
crescentic plate with a fleshy lobe on each side at
base. Aedeagus stout, curved, pointed; vesica armed
with a pair of pear-shaped cornuti.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73709.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Centro-Austral.
Described from the unique male holotype (Jan-
Mar 1898, V. Izquerdo).
This species is nearest D. eremnogramma, new
species, but the setal cluster of harpe of D. trachy-
cantha is much nearer sacculus than in D. eremno-
gramma and the latter has a single long cornutus,
not two as in D. trachycantha. The genitalia, with
double gnathos, is atypical but on all other char-
acters the species belongs here.
Doina glebula, new species
FIGURE 23; PLATE 3/
Alar expanse 20 mm.
Labial palpus sordid white, shaded and dusted
with fuscous on outer side. Antenna grayish fuscous
with very narrow paler annulations; scape fuscous.
Head a mixture of grayish and white-tipped fuscous
scales. Thorax a mixture of fuscous and grayish
scales. Forewing ground color drab; costa marked
with a series of short fuscous dashes and spots; at
apical third two of the costal spots are longer than
the remainder and are conspicuous; at basal third,
in cell, a transverse fuscous dash; at end of cell
an oblique transverse fuscous dash followed by a
patch of brownish scales and between this and costa
a grayish-fuscous suffusion forming an indistinct
blotch; surface of wing with scattered fuscous irro-
rations; cilia composed of grayish white-tipped
scales. Hind wing pale grayish fuscous; cilia sordid
white with a darker subbasal line. Foreleg sordid
white heavily overlaid fuscous; midleg similar; hind
leg sordid white; tibia with slight grayish suffusion.
Abdomen pale cinereous, dorsally overlaid with
fuscous except posterior edges of segments; ventrally
irrorate with fuscous.
Male genitalia slide USNM 24265. Harpe broad-
est at middle and heavily clothed with fine setae;
cucullus rounded. Gnathos a broad, finely spined
knob. Uncus divided. Vinculum rather narrowed
distally and rounded. Tegumen about half as long
34 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY
FIGURE 22.?Doina trachycantha, new species: a, ventral view of male genitalia with left harpe
and aedeagus removed; b, aedeagus.
as harpe; rectangular. Anellus a round plate with
fleshy lobe basolaterally. Aedeagus rather stout,
curved, pointed distally; vesica armed with one
strong cornutus.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73710.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Santiago, Rio Colorado.
Described from the unique male holotype (10
Apr 1953, L. E. Pena).
Although atypical by reason of its divided uncus,
D. glebula nevertheless keys to this group. A differ-
ent generic designation is indicated here but in the
absence of more material I leave D. glebula in this
genus.
Superficially, D. glebula resembles closely darker
examples of the North American Agonopterix ar-
gillacea (Walsingham), but is immediately distin-
guishable structurally.
Doina increta (Butler), new combination
FIGURE 24; PLATE 66
Orthotelia increta Butler, 1883:75.?Bartlett-Calvert, 1886:
346.
Cryptolechia increta Butler.?Meyrick, 1922b: 197.
Male genitalia slide BM 12693. Harpe ample, of
nearly equal width throughout; cucullus broadly
rounded; sacculus lightly sclerotized. Gnathos a
spined curved plate. Uncus hood shaped, as long
as tegumen. Vinculum a U-shaped band. Tegumen
about as long as width of harpe. Anellus an oval
sclerotized plate with elongate basolateral lobes.
Aedeagus stout, strongly curved; vesica armed with
a cluster of three or four cornuti.
HOLOTYPE.?British Museum (Natural History).
TYPE-LOCALITY.?"Corral, Valdivia."
Butler described D. increta in the Gelechiidae but
Meyrick (1922b: 197) placed it correctly in the Oceo-
phoridae. So far, the species is known only from
Butler's type.
Doina edmondsii (Butler), new combination
Depressaria edmondsii Butler, 1883:76.
Depressaria Edmondsii Butler.?Bartlett-Calvert, 1886:346.?
Meyrick, 1922b: 177.?Gaede, 1939:322.
TYPE.?British Museum (Natural History).
TYPE-LOCALITY.?"Mountains of the hacienda of
Cauquenes."
NUMBER 273 35
FIGURE 23.?Doina glebula, new species: a, ventral view of
male genitalia with left harpe and aedeagus removed; b,
aedeagus.
According to my notes D. edmondsii has genitalia
with a spined gnathos, and harpe and other features
like other species of Doina. This species is certainly
not a Depressaria.
Doina scariphista (Meyrick), new combination
FIGURE 25; PLATE 6a
Cryptolechia scariphista Meyrick, 1931:396.?Gaede, 1939:
393.?Clarke, 1963:170, pi. 82: fig. 1-lr.
Female genitalia slide JFGC 4732 [in British Mu-
seum (Natural History)]. Ostium transverse, oval.
Antrum narrowly sclerotized. Inception of ductus
seminalis dorsal, slightly before ostium. Ductus bur-
sae rather long, slender, membranous. Bursa copu-
latrix membranous, finely spiculate. Signum a small,
elongate, sclerotized, branched plate.
HOLOTYPE.?British Museum (Natural History).
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Castro, Chiloe Island.
FIGURE 24.?Doina increta (Butler): a, ventral view of male
genitalia with left harpe and aedeagus removed; b, aedeagus.
This species is known only from the unique type
in the British Museum.
The female genitalia are somewhat atypical but
on other characters D. scarphista clearly belongs
with other members of this genus. In the figure in
Clarke (1963) the signum is obscured by long cor-
nuti, of which there are at least five.
Doshia, new genus
TYPE-SPECIES.?Doshia miltopeza, new species (by
monotypy and present designation). The gender of
this generic name is feminine.
Labial palpus compressed, recurved, second seg-
ment reaching base of antenna, roughened slightly
anteriorly; third segment shorter than second.
Tongue well developed; maxillary palpus small,
free. Head rough, side tufts spreading; ocellus ab-
36 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY
sent. Antenna slightly thickened, simple; scape with-
out pecten. Thorax smooth. Forewing smooth, costa
sinuate, termen convex, oblique, 12 veins; lb fur-
cate; lc strongly preserved; 2, 3, and 4 approximate,
about equidistant; 5 nearer to 6 than to 4; 7 and 8
stalked, 7 to apex; 10 nearer to 9 than to 11; upper
internal vein obsolete. Hind wing with 8 veins; 2
remote from 3; 3 and 4 very short stalked or con-
nate; 5 nearer to 6 than to 4; 7 and 8 subparallel.
Hind tibia smooth. Abdominal terga not setose.
Male genitalia with well-developed gnathos and
uncus.
Female genitalia unknown.
Doshia miltopeza, new species
FIGURE 26; PLATE 3g
Alar expanse 20 mm.
Labial palpus ochraceous tawny; first segment
white ventrally, reddish tawny dorsally; second seg-
ment cinnamon buff on inner side. Antenna
ochraceous tawny; scape buff ventrally. Head cin-
namon buff. Thorax cinnamon buff, tegula slightly
darker. Forewing ground color cinnamon buff; ex-
treme costal edge white, bordered inwardly by a
russet-vinaceous line; at costal two-thirds the
slender white edge of costa broadens to form a
white spot, and beyond this two small russet-
vinaceous spots invade the white of costa; basal third
of wing marked with numerous, very small, fuscous
dots and outer third of wing similarly marked, the
spots following the veins; apical half of cilia white,
the cilia preceded by a narrow fuscous shade at
base; remainder of cilia slightly paler than ground
color; underside of costa broadly white, marked
with russet-vinaceous spots. Hind wing grayish fus-
cous; cilia sordid white; underside of hind wing
whitish, spotted with fuscous. Foreleg white; femur
shaded with russet on outer side; tibia shaded with
carmine on outer side; midleg similar; hind leg
white. Abdomen brownish buff dorsally, creamy
white ventrally.
Male genitalia slide USNM 24266. Harpe broad-
est at base, tapering to a bluntly pointed cucullus;
at base, inside costa a group of short, stout setae
and beyond this group a less dense cluster of setae.
FIGURE 25.?Doina scariphista (Meyrick): ventral view of
female genitalia.
NUMBER 273 37
FIGURE 26.?Doshia miltopeza, new species: a, venation of right wings; b, ventral view of male
genitalia with left harpe and aedeagus removed; c, aedeagus.
Gnathos a spined disc. Uncus very broad, hood
shaped, with posteromedian excision. Vinculum
rounded. Tegumen broad as long. Anellus broadly
semicydindrical with a short papilla on each side
basally. Aedeagus nearly straight, stout; vesica
armed with two small, sclerotized plates with ser-
rate edges.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73711.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?San Ignacio.
Described from the unique male holotype (Nov
1892, V. Izquerdo).
This species is similar in coloring to a few species
of Gonionota, but particularly to the darker speci-
mens of G. insulana Clarke. The white costal spot
of D. miltopeza is nearer the midde of costa than
that of G. insulana, and the veins of the hind wing
of D. miltopeza show ill-defined spots above, con-
spicuous beneath, absent in the hind wing of G.
insulana.
Afdera, new genus
TYPE-SPECIES.?Cryptolechia orphanaea Meyrick,
1931:397 (by monotypy and present designation).
The gender of this generic name is feminine.
Labial palpus recurved, second segment reaching,
or slightly exceeding, base of antenna, very slightly
roughened anteriorly; third segment shorter than
second, slender, acute. Tongue well developed;
maxillary palpus filiform, free. Head rather smooth
With closely appressed scales; side tufts spreading;
ocellus absent. Antenna of male finely and short
ciliated; antenna of female finely serrate; scape
without pecten. Thorax smooth. Forewing smooth,
costa gently arched, termen slightly convex, oblique,
12 veins; lb furcate; lc weakly preserved at margin;
2 remote from 3; 3, 4, and 5 equidistant and ap-
proximate; 7 and 8 stalked, both to costa; 9 much
nearer the stalk of 7 and 8 than to 10; 10 nearer 9
than to 11; 11 from before middle of cell. Hind
wing with 8 veins; 2 remote from 3; 3 and 4 con-
nate; 5 nearer 6 than to 4; 6 and 7 subparallel.
Hind leg roughened with hairlike scales. Abdomi-
nal terga not setose.
Male genitalia with uncus and gnathos well de-
veloped.
Female genitalia with signum present, but mi-
nute.
Admittedly close to Cryptolechia Zeller, Afdera
differs primarily by a well-developed, recurved ex-
tension of the sacculus and an unarmed aedeagus.
Meyrick's diagnosis of Cryptolechia is vague and
contains a large number of unrelated forms belong-
ing to several well-known and distinct genera.
Afdera differs from Corita primarily by the condi-
38 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY
tion of veins 3 and 4 of hind wing, which are con-
nate in Afdera and stalked in Corita.
Ajdera orphnaea (Meyrick), new combination
FIGURE 27
Cryptolechia orphnaea Meyrick, 1931:397.?Clarke, 1963:166,
pi. 80: figs. 1-la.
HOLOTYPE.?British Museum (Natural History).
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Llanquihue, Casa Pangue.
The species is apparently common. Arauco, Cara-
mavida (January) Arauco, Cordillera de Nahuel-
buta, Pichinahuel (January) collected by L. E.
Pena and "Centro-Austral" (Jan-Mar) V. Izquerdo.
The figure of the male genitalia in Clarke, cited
above, was made from a damaged specimen; the
genitalia of the male are refigured here (slide
USNM 24267).
Melaneulia Butler
Melaneulia Butler, 1883: 70. [Type-species: Melaneulia hecate
Butler, 1883; by monotypy.]
Melaneulia hecate Butler
FIGURE 28
Melaneulia hecate Butler, 1883: 70.?Bartlett-Calvert, 1886:
344.
Cryptolechia hecate (Butler).?Meyrick, 1922b: 197.
Male genitalia slides USNM 24269, 24270. Harpe
ample, broadest at base; cucullus narrowly rounded;
sacculus narrowly sclerotized and continued termi-
nally across harpe as a broad, flattened clasper.
Gnathos a broad spined knob with small median
point. Uncus broad, hoodlike. Vinculum rounded.
Tegumen quadrate, about half as long as harpe.
Anellus a pear-shaped plate with a spiny ridge on
each side from base. Aedeagus slightly curved,
bulbous proximally, pointed distally; vesica un-
armed.
HOLOTYPE.?British Museum (Natural History).
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Valdivia.
The genus remains monobasic. In addition to the
type in the British Museum (Natural History) there
FIGURE 27.?Afdera orphnaea (Meyrick): a, venation of right wings; b, ventral view of male
genitalia with left harpe and aedeagus removed; c, aedeagus.
NUMBER 273 39
FIGURE 28.?Melaneulia hecate Butler: a, venation of right wings; b, ventral view of male
genitalia with left harpe and aedeagus removed; c, aedeagus.
are two males in the National Museum of Natural
History.
Butler described M. hecate as a tortricid but it is
indeed oecophorid.
Depressariodes Turati
Martyrhilda Clarke, 1941:125, pi. 2: fig. 17, pi. 6: fig. 44, pi.
10: figs. 67, 67a, pi. 16: fig. 100. [Type-species: Depressaria
canella Busck, 1904: 764; by original designation.]
Depressariodes Turati, 1924:175. [Type-species: Depressariodes
marmaricellus Turati, 1924, by monotypy; D. marmaricellus
Turati is a synonym of Depressaria fuscicostella Christoph,
1887.]
Depressariodes Turati, Hannemann, 1976:209 [synonymy].
This is a widespread genus occurring in the
palaearctic region, in the nearctic region from
Alaska to Mexico, and down the length of the
Andes with one species in the Juan Fernandez
Islands.
There are two described species of this genus
from Chile: Depressariodes lusciosa (Meyrick), new
combination, and Depressariodes relegata (Mey-
rick), new combination.
Depressariodes lusciosa (Meyrick),
new combination
Depressaria lusciosa Meyrick, 1915:211; 1922b:177.
Martyrhilda lusciosa (Meyrick).?Clarke, 1963:326, pi. 160:
figs. 2-2b.
This species was described from Peru but ranges
into Chile.
Depressariodes relegata (Meyrick),
new combination
Depressaria relegata Meyrick, 1922a:268.
Martyrhilda relegata (Meyrick).?Clarke, 1965:78, figs. 78, 79.
The range of M. relegata is apparently confined
to Masatierra in the Juan Fernandez Islands.
40 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY
Gonionota Zeller
Hypercallia (Gonionota) Zeller, 1877:381. [Type-species: Hy-
percallia (Gonionota) notodontella Zeller, 1877; subsequent
designation by Meyrick, 1922b, p. 161.]
Gonionota mimulina (Butler), new combination
FIGURE 29
Agriocoma mimulina Butler, 1883:83, pi. 11: fig. 9.
Hypercallia mimulina (Butler.)?Bartlett-Calvert, 1886:347.?
Meyrick, 1922b: 163 (No. 57).?Gaede, 1939:261.
Agriocoma mimulina araucana Bartlett-Calvert, 1893:831.
HOLOTYPE.?British Museum (Natural History)
(A. mimulina); (A. m. araucana).
TYPE-LOCALITIES.?Valparaiso (A. mimulina)',
Araucania (A. m. araucana).
In the National Museum of Natural History
there are specimens from Malleco and Maule
provinces.
So far this is the only species known in the
Chilean fauna clearly referable to this genus. Male
genitalia figured from slide USNM 24271.
=*?
FIGURE 29.?Gonionota mimulina (Butler): a, ventral view of
male genitalia with left harpe and aedeagus removed;
b, aedeagus.
Nedenia, new genus
TYPE-SPECIES.?Nedenia rhodochra, new species
(by monotypy and present designation). The gender
of this generic name is feminine.
Labial palpus slender, recurved, exceeding ver-
tex; second segment smooth, third segment acute,
shorter than second. Tongue well developed; maxil-
lary palpus filiform, well developed, free. Head
smooth centrally, with loose scales laterally and
posteriorly; ocellus absent. Antenna finely pubes-
cent and slightly thickened in male, simple in
female; scape without pecten. Thorax with small,
posteromedian tuft. Forewing smooth, costa arched,
termen straight; 12 veins; lc very strongly pre-
served; 2 remote from 3; 3, 4, and 5 about equi-
distant; 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen; 6, stalk of 7
and 8, and vein 9 about equidistant; 10 slightly
nearer 9 than 11; 11 from slightly before middle of
cell. Hind wing with 8 veins; 2 remote from 3; 3
and 4 connate; 5 well removed from 4. Hind leg
tibia slightly roughened above and beneath with
short, hairlike scales. Abdominal terga not setose.
Male genitalia with uncus and gnathos present;
socius absent.
Female genitalia with two signa.
In Meyrick's key, this genus runs to the Aus-
tralian genus Machetis Meyrick but differs from
it by the absense of an ocellus, lacks the second
segment of labial palpus thickened with dense ap-
pressed scales, and posterior tibia not clothed with
very long hairs. Moreover, Nedenia is a broader
winged genus with much shorter cilia on hind wing.
Nedenia rhodochra, new species
FIGURE 30; PLATE 3/I
Alar expanse 18-22 mm.
Labial palpus buff; second segment argillaceous
anteriorly and coral red posteriorly on outer side;
on inner side a slight tinge of coral red anteriorly;
third segment apical third brown. Antenna light
ochraceous buff basally, shading to brown distally;
scape narrowly brown apically. Head buff. Thorax
buff; thoracic tuft mixed coral red and yellow
scales. Forewing ground color buff; extreme edge
of costa narrowly coral red and yellow; at extreme
base of costa a small, outwardly oblique blackish
dash; at basal third scattered blackish scales form
an ill-defined blackish dash; at apical two-thirds
a conspicuous triangular vinaceous-brown spot with
NUMBER 273 41
FIGURE SO.?Nedenia rhodochra, new species: a, venation of right wings; b, ventral view of male
genitalia with left harpe and aedeagus removed; c, aedeagus; d, ventral view of female genitalia.
42 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY
its base on costa; in cell and on fold some scattered
blackish scales; on dorsum a vinaceous brown suf-
fusion; in female extreme dorsal edge blackish
fuscous; cilia vinaceous brown except yellowish
around tornus. Hind wing whitish to pale buff;
cilia concolorous except around apex and termen
yellowish. Foreleg buff; femur and tibia coral red
on outer side; basal segments suffused fuscous;
midleg pale buff; tibia with blackish dash proxi-
mally; tarsal segments with coral red scattered
scales; hind leg pale buff; tarsal segments slightly
darker. Abdomen buff; terga not setose.
Male genitalia slide USNM 24237, 24275, 24188.
Harpe simple, cucullus rounded; basally a cluster
of very strong, short setae. Gnathos a broad spinu-
late lobe. Uncus broad, hood shaped, with strong
setae laterally on ventral surface. Vinculum U-
shaped, narrow. Tegmen short, rectangular, about
two-thirds length of uncus. Anellus rectangular,
deeply incised laterally. Aedeagus short, curved,
bulbous basally; cornuti at most very small, spinu-
late.
Female genitalia slide USNM 24274, 24189. Os-
tium very small, elongate. Antrum not differenti-
ated. Inception of ductus seminalis slightly anterior
to ostium. Ductus bursae long, membranous, spi-
raled. Bursa copulatrix membranous; signa two
elongate, scobinate patches.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73712.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Llanquihue, Petrohue.
Described from the male holotype (12 Mar 1959,
J. F. G. Clarke) 11 male and 3 female paratypes as
follows: 4 males, Llanquihue, Petrohue (11-12
Mar 1959); male Peulla (8 Mar 1959) J. F. G.
Clarke; 3 males, 3 females Malleco, Rio Blanco,
1050-1300 m, (21/24 Nov 1954) L. E. Pefia; 4 males,
Centro-Austral (Jan-Mar 1898) V. Izquerdo.
This species reminds one somewhat of the Euro-
pean Carcina quercana (Fabricius) but is imme-
diately distinguished by the shorter antennae.
Revonda, new genus
TYPE-SPECIES.?Revonda eschara, new species (by
monotypy and present designation). The gender of
this generic name is feminine.
Labial palpus slender, recurved, slightly exceed-
ing vertex; second and third segments of about
equal length; second segment slightly roughened
anteriorly. Maxillary palpus minute. Head smooth,
side tufts spreading; ocellus absent. Antenna cili-
ated in male; scape with well-developed pecten.
Thorax smooth. Forewing smooth, costa nearly
straight, stigma present, 11 veins; lc strongly pre-
served; 2 remote from 3; 3 near 4; 4 and 5 connate;
7 and 8 coincident to costa; 9 nearer to 7 4- 8 than
to 10; 11 from two-fifths. Hind wing with 8 veins;
2 remote from 3; 3 and 4 stalked; 5 connate with
stalk of 3 and 4. Hind tibia smooth. Abdominal
terga setose.
Male genitalia with uncus and gnathos present;
socius indicated by a few weak setae.
Female unknown.
Revonda is near Despina but the antennal pecten
is present in RevOnda, absent in Despina and veins
4 and 5 of forewing are connate in Revonda,
separate in Despina.
Revonda eschara, new species
FIGURE 31; PLATE 4a
Alar expanse 17-21 mm.
Labial palpus creamy white; second segment
fuscous on outer side and anteriorly in basal half;
apex of third segment fuscous. Antenna grayish
fuscous; scape with pecten. Head ocherous white.
Thorax ocherous white; base of tegula blackish
fuscous. Forewing ground color ocherous white;
on costa three blackish fuscous spots, one at base,
one at middle, and one slightly before apex; dorsal
two-thirds of wing lightly shaded grayish; from end
of cell a longitudinal shade, somewhat darker than
the grayish dorsal shade; on fold, at two-fifths, a
loose aggregarion of fuscous scales forming an ill-
defined longitudinal dash; at end of cell, a fuscous
spot; scattered over surface irregularly placed fus-
cous scales; cilia pale grayish buff. Hind wing gray;
cilia grayish buff. Foreleg ocherous white; tibia and
tarsal segments strongly overlaid blackish fuscous;
midleg similar; hind leg ocherous white shaded
with gray. Abdomen ocherous white ventrally, gray-
ish dorsally and laterally; terga setose.
Male genitalia slides USNM 24194, 24276. Harpe
simple, broadest about middle, tapering to a nar-
rowly rounded cucullus. Gnathos long, slender,
hooked at distal end. Uncus triangular, pointed
distally. Vinculum U-shaped with slender median
projection. Tegumen as broad as long. Anellus a
small sclerotized plate with two digitate basal
processes, Aedeagus moderately stout, slightly
NUMBER 273 43
FIGURE 31.?Revonda eschara, new species: a, venation of right wings; b, ventral view of male
genitalia with left harpe and aedeagus removed; c, aedeagus.
curved, sharply pointed; vesica armed with a single
strong cornutus.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73713.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Arauco, Cordillera de Nahuel-
buta, Pichinahuel, 11-1400 m.
Described from the male holotype (23-31 Jan
1954, L. E. Pefia) and one male paratype with
identical data.
Strikingly similar to Oecophora minnetta Butler
(Figure 54) but the harpe of R. eschara is simple,
that of O. minnetta with a strong clasper. The
aedeagus of O. mifinetta is slender and armed with
a longitudinal series of teeth; the aedeagus of
R. eschara is short and unarmed and the vesica
has a single cornutus. The anellus of R. eschara
lacks the series of strong setae found in O. minnetta.
The females of both species are unknown.
Despina, new genus
TYPE-SPECIES.?Borkhausenia rhodosema Meyrick,
1931:390 (by monotypy and present designation).
The gender of this generic name is feminine.
Labial palpus slender, recurved; second segment
smooth; third segment slightly shorter than second,
acute. Maxillary palpus minute. Head slightly
44 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY
roughened with closely appressed scales; ocellus
absent. Antenna of male very short ciliated; an-
tennal pecten absent. Thorax smooth. Forewing
smooth, pointed, costa nearly straight, 11 veins;
lc strongly preserved; 2 remote from 3; 3, 4, and 5
nearly equidistant; 7 and 8 coincident to costa;
9 nearer to 7 + 8 than to 10; 11 from middle of
cell. Hind wing with 8 veins; 2 remote from 3;
3 and 4 very short stalked; 5 nearer to 6 than 4.
Hind tibia smooth. Abdominal terga setose.
Male genitalia with simple harpe. Gnathos and
uncus well developed. Socius absent.
Female unknown.
Despina is nearest Revonda but differs from it
by the absence of antennal pecten, absence of the
stigma of forewing, veins 4 and 5 of forewing well
separated whereas in Revonda they are connate,
and vein 5 of hind wing is well separated from 4,
not connate.
The male genitalia have been adequately figured
in Clarke (1963, pi. 62: figs. 1-lb).
Despina rhodosema (Meyrick), new combination
Borkhausenia rhodosema Meyrick, 1931:390.?Clarke, 1965,
4:130, pi. 62: figs. l i b .
HOLOTYPE.?British Museum (Natural History).
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Llanquihue Province, Ense-
nada.
This is the only species referable to this genus,
and it has been figured previously by Clarke (1963).
Irenia, new genus
TYPE-SPECIES.?Irenia leucoxantha, new species
(by present designation). The gender of this generic
name is feminine.
Labial palpus slender, recurved, exceeding ver-
tex; third segment shorter than second. Maxillary
palpus well developed, free. Head smooth; side tufts
spreading; ocellus absent. Antenna ciliated in male,
simple in female; scape with well-developed pecten.
Thorax smooth. Forewing smooth, costa arched,
12 veins; lb furcate; 2 distant from 3; 3 farther
from 4 than 4 is from 5; 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex;
9 nearer to stalk of 7 and 8 than to 10; 11 from
before middle of cell. Hind wing with 8 veins;
2 remote from 3; 3 and 4 connate. Hind tibia
clothed with long, hairlike scales. Abdominal terga
setose.
Male genitalia with uncus and gnathos present;
socius indicated by a few weak setae. Cornuti ab-
sent.
Female genitalia with signum present.
Irenia is near Revdfrda but veins 7 and 8 of fore-
wing are stalked, not coincident as in Revonda.
Irenia curvula, new species
FIGURE 32; PLATE AC
Alar expanse 21 mm.
Labial palpus fuscous. Antenna pale ochraceous
buff. Head light ochraceous tawny. Thorax ochra-
ceous tawny. Forewing ground color ochraceous
buff; costa, especially toward apex, sayal brown; cilia
light clay color. Hind wing straw color with slight
brownish suffusion toward apex; cilia concolorous
with ground color. Foreleg straw color heavily over-
laid fuscous; midleg similar; hind leg straw color;
tibia with slight fuscous suffusion ventrally toward
apex; tarsal segments heavily infuscated. Abdomen
sparsely scaled dorsally, ochraceous buff; ventrally
light brown with coppery luster.
Male genitalia slide USNM 24277. Harpe very
broad basally, slightly longer than tegumen; cucul-
lus divided into a costal lobe and ventral lobe, the
latter terminating as a short, pointed, recurved
hook. Gnathos spatulate, broader distally than
proximally. Uncus broad basally, tapering to mid-
FIGURE 32.?Irenia curvula, new species: a, ventral view of
male genitalia with left harpe and aedeagus removed;
b, aedeagus.
NUMBER 273 45
die, terminating as a long pointed median process.
Vinculum U-shaped. Tegumen broad basally, nar-
rower at base of uncus. Anellus a broad, rectangular
plate, fused with base of harpe, posterior edge
deeply concave and with a fleshy, digitate, setaceous
lobe on each side. Aedeagus slender, slightly curved,
sharply pointed distally; vesica unarmed.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73715.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Arauco, Caramavida.
Described from the unique male holotype (1/6
Jan 1954, L. E. Pefia).
In general appearance similar to Aliciana gemi-
nata, new species, but with a distinctly brown costa,
a character not found in A. geminata.
Irenia leucoxantha, new species
FIGURE 33; PLATE 4ft
Alar expanse 18-20 mm.
Labial palpus brown; second segment with apex
and scattered scales white; base of third segment
white. Antenna brown; apex of scape white. Head
clay color; face white. Thorax clay color anteriorly,
shading to ochraecous buff posteriorly. Forewing
ground color orange yellow; extreme edge of costa
white; surface of wing with a few widely scattered
black scales; cilia orange yellow except suffused
brownish in tornal area. Hind wing pearl white,
cilia concolorous. Foreleg brown; midleg ochraceous
buff; hind leg ochraceous buff; spurs brown.
Male genitalia slides USNM 24139, 24278. Harpe
broad basally, and thick; cucullus narrow, rounded;
sacculus strongly sclerotized, produced, terminating
in a very long, slender, recurved sclerotized process.
Gnathos spoon shaped. Transtilla fleshy, with a
weak lobe on each side. Uncus broad basally, tri-
angular, strongly sclerotized distally. Vinculum
U-shaped with median process. Tegumen broad
basally, narrowed distally. Anellus narrow, V-shaped
to U-shaped basally, fused with base of harpe and
transtilla. Aedeagus slender, produced apically as a
long, strongly sclerotized point.
Female genitalia USNM 24142. Ostium slitlike,
transverse, ventral lip slightly convex. Antrum not
differentiated. Inception of ductus seminalis from
near opening of ostium. Ductus bursae membranous.
Bursa copulatrix half membranous, half weakly
granular. Signum a minute dentate plate.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73714.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?M aule, Consti tucion.
Described from the female holotype (26 Nov 1953,
L. E. Pena), and two male paratypes as follows:
male, Arauco, Pillem-Pilli (15 Jan 1954, L. E. Pefia);
male, Arauco, Pichinahuel, Cordillera de Nahuel-
buta, 11-1400 m. (23-31 Jan 1954, L. E. Pena).
Although similar to /. curvula, new species,
/. leucoxantha is a smaller and much paler species.
The long, curved process from the sacculus of
/. leucoxantha immediately distinguishes it from
/. curvula.
Lucyna, new genus
TYPE-SPECIES.?Cryptolechia fenestella Zeller,
1875:439 (by monotypy and present designation).
The gender of the generic name is feminine.
Labial palpus slightly ascending but not strongly
recurved; second segment nearly twice as long as
third, smooth; third segment slender with small
tuft posteriorly at middle. Tongue well developed;
maxillary palpus reduced, filiform, free. Head
smooth, side tufts spreading; ocellus absent. An-
tenna simple (at least in female); scape without
pecten. Thorax smooth. Forewing with slightly
raised tufts of scales at end of cell and on fold,
opposite; costa gently arched, termen strongly
oblique, 12 veins; lb furcate, lc strongly preserved;
2 remote from 3; 3, 4, and 5 approximate and equi-
distant; 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex; 6 and 9 approxi-
mate to the stalk of 7 and 8; 10 nearer to 9 than to
11; 11 from middle of cell; upper internal vein
absent. Hind wing with 8 veins; 2 remote from 3;
3 and 4 stalked; 5, 6, and 7 equidistant, subparallel.
Hind tibia clothed with long scales dorsally. Ab-
dominal terga setose.
Male genitalia not available.
Female genitalia with signum.
Lucyna shows affinity to Gonionota Zeller, but
differs from it by the setose abdominal terga, and
vein 7 to apex, not to termen as in Gonionota.
Moreover, the termen in Lucyna is much more
oblique than that of Gonionota and forewing is
narrower.
Lucyna fenestella (Zeller), new combination
FIGURE 34
Cryptolechia fenestella Zeller, 1874:439, pi. 12: fig. 9.
Machimia fenestella {Zeller).?Zeller, 1877:259.
Hypercallia fenestella (Zeller).?Bartett-Calvert, 1886:346.
46 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY
FIGURE 53.?Irenia leucoxantha, new species: a, venation of right wings;
b, ventral view of male genitalia with left harpe and aedeagus removed;
c, aedeagus; d, ventral view of female genitalia.
NUMBER 273 47
FIGURE 34.?Lucyna fenestella (Zeller): a, venation of right wings; b, ventral view of female
genitalia.
48 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY
Meyrick, 1922b: 163 [as synonym of thyridopa Meyrick].
Coptotelia thyridopa Meyrick, 1912:701.
Hypercallia thyridopa (Meyrick).?Meyrick, 1922b: 163.
HOLOTYPE.?British Museum (Natural History).
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Valparaiso.
Lucyna fenestella resembles species of the genus
Coptotelia but is a very much narrower-winged spe-
cies with a very oblique termen.
Dita, new genus
TYPE-SPECIES.?Dita phococara, new species [by
monotypy and present designation]. The gender of
this generic name is feminine.
Labial palpus upturned; second segment slightly
roughened ventrally toward apex; third segment
shorter than second, acute. Tongue well developed;
maxillary palpus filiform, free. Head roughened
with loosely appressed scales; ocellus absent. An-
tenna ciliated (in male); scape with pecten. Thorax
smooth. Forewing smooth, costa slightly arched,
apex falcate, termen nearly straight below apex,
oblique, 12 veins; 1b furcate; lc well preserved;
2 rather remote from 3; 3, 4, and 5 approximate,
nearly equidistant; 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen;
9 nearer to stalk of 7 and 8 than to 10; 10 nearer
to 9 than to 11; 11 from middle. Hind wing with
8 veins; 2 remote from 3; veins 3 and 4 short
stalked; 4 to 7 equidistant. Hind tibia roughened
by hairlike scales. Abdominal terga setose.
Male genitalia with uncus and gnathos well
developed.
Female genitalia unknown.
This genus is apparently very closely related to
the Australian and African Tanyzancla Meyrick,
from which it differs mainly by the upturned labial
palpus.
Dita phococara, new species
FIGURE 35; PLATE Ad
Alar expanse 20 mm.
Labial palpus sordid white irrorate and overlaid
grayish fuscous on outer side. Antenna grayish
fuscous; scape sordid white ventrally. Head gray,
mixed with sordid white. Thorax cinnamon brown.
Forewing ground color buckthorn brown; costa,
from base to apical fifth, cinnamon brown; from
apical fifth of costa a transverse cinnamon brown
shade extends to dorsum, where it is broadest; in
center of cell a small cinnamon brown spot and at
end of cell a sordid white dot; cilia mixed buck-
thorn brown and cinnamon brown. Hind wing gray-
ish fuscous; cilia considerably lighter. Foreleg sordid
white; femur cinnamon brown; tibia and tarsal seg-
ments grayish fuscous, the latter faintly annulated
sordid white; midleg similar; hind leg sordid white,
suffused and blotched grayish. Abdomen fuscous
dorsally, somewhat paler ventrally.
Male genitalia USNM 24201. Harpe rectangular,
cucullus forming a point on costal edge and fleshy
portion fused to an extension of the sacculus; ex-
tension of sacculus heavily sclerotized, terminating
in a clawlike appendage. Gnathos very large, as
broad as long. Uncus stout, triangular, pointed dis-
tally. Vinculum U-shaped. Tegumen as broad as
long. Anellus a small sclerotized plate with a long,
curved, pointed dorsoposterior process. Aedeagus
moderately slender, pointed; vesica armed with a
series of graduated cornuti.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73716.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Llanquihue, Rio Maullin.
Described from the unique male holotype (6 Jan
1966, O. Flint and Cekalovic).
This species is similar to C. fasciatipedella but
is darker, has a conspicuous white spot at end of
cell, and a postmedian dark shade absent in C. fas-
ciatipedella. The figures illustrate adequately the
genitalic differences.
Dita fasciatipedella (Zeller), new combination
FIGURE 36; PLATE 6C
Cryptolechia fasciatipedella Zeller, 1874:437, pi. 12: fig. 7.?
Butler, 1883:80.?Bartlett-Calvert, 1886:347.
Machimia fasciatipedella (Zeller).?Zeller, 1877:259.
Hypercallia fasciatipedella (Zeller).?Meyrick, 1922b: 163.?
Gaede, 1939:259.
Male genitalia slide BM 12510. Harpe almost as
broad as long, divided; costa divided distally, the
costal arm much broader than inner arm and
clothed with setae; sacculus very broadly expanded
distally, terminating in an inner hook and short
outer digitate process. Gnathos bluntly pointed
distally, with a patch of setae posteriorly. Uncus
broad basally, pointed distally. Vinculum U-shaped.
NUMBER 273 49
FIGURE 35.?Dita phococara, new species: a, venation of right wings; b, ventral view of male
genitalia with left harpe and aedeagus removed; c, aedeagus.
Tegumen twice as broad as long. Anellus a narrow,
folded plate with a long, curved median process.
Aedeagus slender, curved, distal third much at-
tenuated; vesica unarmed.
Female genitalia unknown.
TYPE.?British Museum (Natural History).
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Valparaiso.
The moth clearly keys to Dita and the genitalia
correspond with those of D. phococara, new species.
The species does not belong in Cryptolechia, Ma-
chimia or Hypercallia in all of which genera it has
previously been placed.
Utilia, new genus
TYPE-SPECIES.?Utilia florinda, new species (by
present destination). The gender of this generic
name is feminine.
Labial palpus slender, recurved, exceeding ver-
tex; second segment slightly roughened anteriorly;
third segment slightly shorter than second, acute,
slightly roughened anteriorly. Maxillary palpus well
developed, free. Head slightly roughened, side tufts
spreading; ocellus absent. Antenna ciliated, finely
and sparsely so in female; pecten present. Fore-
wing smooth, costa arched, apex falcate, 12 veins;
50 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY
FIGURE 36.?Dita fasciatipedella (Zeller): a, ventral view of male genitalia with left harpe and
and aedeagus removed; b, aedeagus.
lb furcate; lc well preserved; 2 remote from 3;
3, 4, and 5 well separated (or connate); 7 and 8
stalked, 7 to termen; 9 much nearer to stalk of 7
and 8 than to 10; 10 much nearer to 9 than to 11;
11 from well before middle of cell; upper internal
vein present. Hind wing with 8 veins; 2 remote
from 3; 3 and 4 connate; 5 nearer to 6 than to 4;
5, 6, and 7 equidistant, subparallel. Hind tibia
slightly roughened with short, stiff scales. Ab-
dominal terga setose, the setae fine and easily de-
ciduous.
Male genitalia with well-developed uncus and
gnathos. Aedeagus coiled proximally; vesica armed.
Female genitalia with signum.
Utilia is similar to Alynda but is broader winged
and has the upper internal vein of forewing well
developed.
I place the following four species here.
Utilia luridella (Zeller), new combination
FIGURE 37
Cryptoechia luridella Zeller, 1874:438, pi. 12: fig. 8?Butler,
1883:81.
Cryptolechia (Machimia) luridella <Zeller).?Zeller, 1877:259.
Hypercallia luridella (Zeller).?Bartlett-Calvert, 1886:347.?
Meyrick, 1922b: 163.?Gaede, 1939:260.
HOLOTYPE.?British Museum (Natural History).
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Valparaiso.
The female genitalia of U. luridella and U.
ochracea are similar, as can be seen by a comparison
of the figures; the chief differences between them
are the wider ostium and larger signum of U. luri-
della.
Female genitalia figured from slide USNM 24279.
NUMBER 273 51
FIGURE 37.?Utilia luridella (Zeller): a, ventral view of male genitalia with left harpe and
aedeagus removed; b, aedeagus; c, ventral view of female genitalia.
Utilia ochracea (Zeller), new combination
FIGURE 38
Cryptolechia ochracea Zeller, 1874:436, pi. 12: fig. 6.?Butler,
1883:80.
Cryptolechia (Machimia) ochracea (Zeller).?Zeller, 1877:259.
Hypercallia ochracea (Zeller).?Bartlett-Calvert, 1886:347.?
Meyrick, 1922b: 163.?Gaede, 1939:261.
HOLOTYPE.?British Museum (Natural History).
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Valparaiso.
This is similar to U. luridella Zeller but is con-
siderably darker. The genitalia of this species have
not been figured previously.
Obviously, U. ochracea is larviparous as can
be seen from the unborn larva in the duct.
Male genitalia figured from slide USNM 24280.
Female genitalia figured from slide USNM 24281.
Utilia falcata, new species
FIGURE 39; PLATE 4/
Alar expanse 24 mm.
Labial palpus ocherous white; third segment
52 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY
FIGURE 38.?Utilia ochracea (Zeller): a, ventral view of male genitalia with left harpe and
aedeagus removed; b, aedeagus; c, ventral view of female genitalia.
NUMBER 273 53
FIGURE 39.?Utilia falcata, new species: a, ventral view of male
genitalia with left harpe and aedeagus removed; b, aedeagus.
slightly darker. Antenna ocherous white; scape light
ochraceous buff. Head, thorax, and forewing ground
color pale ochraceous buff; well inside termen a line
of four tiny, ill-defined, single brownish scales; at
basal two-fifths in cell a single brownish scale and
on fold a similar mark; cilia concolorous with
ground color. Hind wing ocherous white; cilia
concolorous. Foreleg, middle, and hind leg ocherous
white; foretibia and tarsal segments shaded with
brown. Abdomen sordid whitish with pale ocherous
suffusion.
Male genitalia slide USNM 24282. Harpe ample,
broadest at base; sacculus moderately sclerotized;
cucullus rounded. Gnathos very long, narrowly
triangular, sharply pointed, granular posteriorly.
Uncus short, pointed, curved. Vinculum rounded.
Tegumen narrow, about half the length of harpe.
Anellus a pear-shaped sclerotized plate. Aedeagus
robust, coiled proximally, pointed distally. Vesica
armed with a long, slender cornutus.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73717.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Centro-Austral.
Described from the male holotype (Jan-Mar 1898,
V. Izquerdo).
This is the smallest of the four species I place in
this genus. It has a narrower forewing than U. luri-
della or U. ochracea, and the apex is more pro-
duced. It is probably most closely related to U.
florinda.
Utilia florinda, new species
FIGURE 40; PLATE 4?
Alar expanse 24?26 mm.
Labial palpus buff, third segment slightly darker
than second. Antenna buff with grayish suffusion.
Head buff. Thorax pale yellow orange. Forewing
ground color pale yellow orange; in middle of cell
an ill-defined ochraceous-buff spot; at end of cell
a similar, larger spot; cilia concolorous with ground
color of forewing. Hind wing very pale buff; cilia
buff. Legs buff with slight tawny shading on outer
sides. Abdomen buff.
Male genitalia slide USNM 24283. Harpe ample,
broad basally, simple, tapered to a bluntly pointed
cucullus. Gnathos very broad basally, triangular,
pointed distally. Uncus narrowly triangular, pointed
distally. Vinculum U-shaped, somewhat thickened
basally. Tegumen about as long as width of harpe
at base. Anellus subrectangular, slightly broader
proximally than distally; distal edge deeply exca-
vated; from each basal corner a digitate process.
Aedeagus robust, strongly curved; vesica armed
with a single slender cornutus.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73718.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Araucania.
Described from the male holotype (1 Mar 1892,
V. Izquerdo) and one male paratype with identical
data.
The two species, U. falcata and U. florinda, are
very closely related but the latter is a larger moth,
the apex of forewing is not so pointed, and vein 5
of forewing of U. florinda is well separated from
vein 4, not connate as in U. falcata.
Alynda, new genus
TYPE-SPECIES.?Alynda sarissa, new species (by
present designation). The gender of this generic
name is feminine.
54 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY
FIGURE 40.?Utilia florinda, new species: a venation of right wings; b, ventral view of male
genitalia with left harpe and aedeagus removed; c, aedeagus.
Labial palpus very slender, ascending; second
segment reaching base of antenna, smooth; third
segment shorter than second, slender, acute. Tongue
well developed; maxillary palpus filiform, free.
Head with loosely appressed scales, side tufts
spreading; ocellus absent. Antenna ciliated (in
male); scape with well-developed pecten. Thorax
smooth. Forewing smooth, costa slightly arched,
termen slightly concave, oblique, 12 veins; lb
furcate; lc well preserved at margin; 2 distant from
3; 3 and 4 well separated; 5 and 6 nearly parallel;
7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen; 9 nearer to stalk
of 7 and 8 than to 10; 10 nearer to 9 than to 11;
11 from before middle of cell. Hind wing with 8
veins; 2 remote from 3; 3 and 4 connate; 5 nearer
to 4 than to 6; 6 and 7 subparallel. Hind tibia
roughened by hairlike scales. Abdominal terga
setose.
Male genitalia with uncus and gnathos well
developed. Vesica armed.
Female genitalia unknown.
Alynda keys to the Australian Philobota Meyrick
in Meyrick's key (1922b) but differs from it by vein
2 of forewing distant from 3, vein 11 from before
middle of cell and second segment of labial palpus
being smooth.
Alynda striata, new species
FIGURE 41; PLATE ba
Alar expanse 19 mm.
Labial palpus ochraceous buff; second and third
segments grayish on outer sides. Antenna grayish
fuscous; scape ochraceous buff ventrally. Head
gray on crown; face ochraceous buff. Thorax a
mixture of ochraceous buff and ochraceous tawny;
tegula ochraceous tawny basally, ochraceous buff
distally. Forewing ground color ochraceous buff;
extreme edge of costa basally grayish fuscous; from
basal fourth of costa an irregular, outwardly
oblique, cinnamon brown fascia extends to dorsum
well before tornus; between veins 8 to 11 cinnamon
NUMBER 27S 55
FIGURE 41.?Alynda striata, new species: a, ventral view of
male genitalia with left harpe and aedeagus removed; b,
aedeagus.
brown streaks edged with pinkish scales; at end of
cell a cinnamon brown blotch narrows and extends
to apex; along termen a cinnamon brown line;
pink scales scattered over wing surface; cilia och-
raceous salmon basally, orange yellow distally. Hind
wing gray with some fuscous scaling around margins
and apically. Foreleg ochraceous buff heavily over-
laid grayish fuscous on outer side; midleg similar
but infuscation not so dark; hind leg ochraceous
buff. Abdomen gray dor sally, sordid ocherous white
ventrally.
Male genitalia slide USNM 24202. Harpe broad
basally, tapering to a narrowly rounded cucullus;
sacculus moderately sclerotized and with a conical
process near its distal end. Gnathos thick, triangu-
lar, elongate, pointed distally. Uncus narrow, tri-
angular, pointed. Vinculum U-shaped. Tegumen
dilated basally, narrowed before base of uncus.
Anellus broadly triangular with digitate process
from base on each side. Aedeagus moderately
slender, slightly curved; vesica armed with a single,
long, slender cornutus.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73719.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Arauco, Caramavida.
Described from the unique male holotype (1-6
Jan 1954, L. E. Pefia).
The three species of this genus show very close
affinity, but the outer two-thirds of the forewings
of A. cinnamomea and A. sarissa are nearly un-
marked, while that of A. striata exhibits longi-
tudinal streaking.
Alynda sarissa, new species
FIGURE 42; PLATE 5b
Alar expanse 20 mm.
Labial palpus cinnamon buff; second segment
cinnamon brown on outer side; third segment al-
most wholly cinnamon brown with buff apex. An-
tenna cinnamon brown. Head cinnamon buff.
Thorax cinnamon buff. Forewing ground color
light capucine orange; basal fourth of costa buck-
thorn brown; from outer end of dark costal shade
a transverse, outwardly oblique fascia of the same
color extends to dorsum well before tornus;
along termen a narrow pinkish shade mixed
with buckthorn brown; cilia (except apical cilia)
light orange yellow; apical cilia buckthorn brown.
Hind wing straw color, apically slightly darker; cilia
concolorous. Foreleg cinnamon buff heavily over-
laid fuscous on outer side; midleg similar but
lighter; hind leg buff. Abdomen ocherous white,
shading to ochraceous buff posterioly and ochrace-
ous ventrally.
Male genitalia slide USNM 24284. Harpe ample,
cucullus rounded; at base of cucullus ventrally, a
cluster of fine, long setae; sacculus rather heavily
sclerotized with a truncated protuberance near dis-
tal end. Gnathos elongate, triangular, pointed.
Uncus pointed. Vinculum U-shaped. Tegumen di-
lated in basal half, narrowed posteriorly. Anellus
triangular, broadest posteriorly; from base, on
each side, a digitate process. Aedeagus slender,
curved; vesica armed with a single, very long,
slender cornutus.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73720.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Centro-Austral.
Described from the unique male holotype (Jan-
Mar 1898, V. Izquerdo). The relationship of A.
sarissa is discussed under A. striata.
56 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY
FIGURE 42.?Alynda sarissa, new species: a, venation of right wings; b, ventral view of male
genitalia with left harpe and aedeagus removed; c, aedeagus.
Alynda cinnamomea, new species
FIGURE 43; PLATE be
Alar expanse 23 mm.
Labial palpus pale maize yellow; second segment
somewhat darker below apex and cinnamon on
outer side; third segment cinnamon. Antenna cin-
namon buff with darker annulations; scape pale
maize yellow. Head with face pale maize yellow;
vertex mixed cinnamon. Thorax cinnamon. Fore-
wing ground color pale maize yellow; basal half
strongly overlaid cinnamon; in middle of cell an
obscure brownish spot and opposite it, on fold, a
similar dot; at end of cell a brownish suffusion
suggesting an ill-defined outer discal spot; cilia pale
maize yellow. Hind wing pale maize yellow; cilia
concolorous. Foreleg cinnamon buff; midleg warm
buff with slight cinnamon suffusion on outer side;
hind leg warm buff. Abdomen dull ocherous yellow.
Male genitalia slide USNM 24285. Harpe ample;
costal and ventral edges nearly parallel; cucullus
pointed; sacculus strongly sclerotized, produced
distally into a long, sharply pointed, curved process
nearly reaching end of cucullus. Gnathos broad
basally, distal end truncate with a point on each
side. Uncus nearly rectangular, slightly wider basally.
Vinculum narrow. Tegumen slightly broader pos-
teriorly than anteriorly. Anellus oval. Aedeagus
stout, curved, bulbous basally; vesica armed with a
cluster of three long, curved, fused cornuti.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73721.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Llanquihue, Petrohue.
Described from the unique male holotype (10
Mar 1959, J. F. G. Clarke).
The genitalia of A. cinnamomea are atypical,
differing from those of both A. sarissa and U. fal-
cata by the long extension of the sacculus and the
peculiar, broad gnathos.
NUMBER 273 57
FIGURE 43.?Alynda cinnamomea, new species: a, ventral view
of male genitalia with left harpe and aedeagus removed;
b, aedeagus.
Atha, new genus
TYPE-SPECIES.?Atha trimacula, new species (by
monotypy and present designation). The gender of
this genus is feminine.
Labial palpus recurved, second segment exceed-
ing base of antenna, smooth; third segment shorter
than second, slender, acute. Tongue well developed;
maxillary palpus small, free. Head roughened with
loosely appressed scales; ocellus absent. Antenna
simple; scape without pecten. Thorax smooth. Fore-
wing smooth, costa very slightly arched, termen
straight, 12 veins; lb furcate; lc preserved at mar-
gin; 2 remote from 3; 3 from before angle; 4 and
5 approximate; 6 much nearer 7 than to 5; 7 and 8
stalked, both to costa; 9 approximate to the stalk
of 7 and 8; 10 nearer to 9 than to 11; 11 from about
middle of cell. Upper internal vein absent. Hind
wing with 8 veins; 2 remote from 3; 3 and 4 con-
nate; 5 nearer to 6 than to 4; 6 and 7 subparallel.
Hind tibia smooth. Abdominal terga setose.
Male genitalia with uncus well developed; gnathos
absent.
Female genitalia unknown.
Atha and Afdera, new genus, are closely related
with almost identical venation, but Atha has a
smooth hind tibia and the male lacks a gnathos.
Afdera has a rough hind tibia and has a well-
developed gnathos.
Atha trimacula, new species
FIGURE 44; PLATE 4g
Alar expanse 16 mm.
Labial palpus light buff; second segment with
grayish-fuscous irroration on outer side and pos-
teriorly. Antenna light buff with grayish-fuscous
annulations; scape grayish fuscous dorsally, light
buff ventrally. Head a mixture of grayish fuscous
and buff. Thorax grayish fuscous; tegula grayish
fuscous mixed with light buff. Forewing ground
color light buff overlaid with grayish fuscous,
largely obscuring the lighter ground color; at basal
two-fifths, in cell, a conspicuous, outwardly oblique,
fuscous spot; a similar longitudinal blotch on fold
at basal two-fifths; across end of cell an oblique
fuscous spot; cilia grayish fuscous. Hind wing light
grayish fuscous, paler basally; cilia grayish fuscous.
Foreleg light buff; femur and tibia suffused grayish
fuscous; tarsal segments annulated grayish fuscous;
midleg and hind leg similar. Abdomen grayish
fuscous dorsally; posterior edge of each segment
sordid whitish; ventrally light buff with row of
fuscous blotches ventrolaterally.
Male genitalia slide USNM 24286. Harpe of
about equal width for most of its length but ventral
edge emarginate before cucullus; cucullus pointed,
distal end of sacculus recurved, extending as clasper
at least to middle of harpe. Gnathos absent. Uncus
very long, slender, curved. Vinculum V-shaped with
well-developed saccus. Tegumen a moderately nar-
row ring. Anellus U-shaped with well-developed
posterolateral lobes. Aedeagus moderately stout,
slightly curved, armed with a series of teeth antero-
laterally; vesica armed with a single, stout cornutus.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73722.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Llanquihue, Peulla.
58 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY
FIGURE 44.?Atha trimacula, new species: a, venation of right wings; b, ventral view of male
genitalia with left harpe and aedeagus removed; c, aedeagus.
Described from the unique male holotype (9 Mar
1959, J. F. G. Clarke).
The markings of the forewing are similar to those
of Pseudodoxia pachnocoma Meyrick, but are more
conspicuous and the moths are quite different struc-
turally.
Retha, new genus
TYPE-SPECIES.?Retha rustica, new species (by
monotypy and present designation). The gender of
this generic name is feminine.
Labial palpus slender, recurved, exceeding ver-
tex; second segment slightly roughened anteriorly;
third segment acute, shorter than second. Tongue
well developed; maxillary palpus minute, free.
Head roughened dorsally, side tufts spreading;
ocellus absent. Antenna fasciculate ciliate (at least
in male); scape with pecten. Thorax smooth. Fore-
wing smooth, costa nearly straight, termen oblique,
12 veins; 1c present; 2 remote and 3 from before
angle; 4 and 5 very nearly connate; 7 and 8 stalked,
7 to costa; 9 very closely approximate to the stalk
of 7 and 8; 10 much nearer to 9 than to 11; 11 from
basal third. Hind wing with 8 veins; 2 remote;
3 and 4 short stalked from angle; 5, 6, and 7 about
equidistant. Hind tibia clothed with long hairlike
scales dorsally. Abdominal terga setose (the setae
readily deciduous).
Male genitalia with uncus and gnathos present.
Female genitalia unknown.
Retha rustica, new species
FIGURE 45; PLATE Ah
Alar expanse 13-16 mm.
Labial palpus second segment blackish fuscous
in basal half, buff in distal half; third segment
blackish fuscous, apex buff. Antenna fuscous; apex
of scape buff. Head brownish buff; face buff. Thorax
brownish buff mottled fuscous. Forewing ground
color buff, streaked and spotted with fuscous; base
of wing blackish fuscous except for a streak of
ground color inside costa; in middle of cell a black-
ish-fuscous blotch and a similarly colored crescentic
blotch at end of cell; at two-thirds of costa a black-
ish-fuscous streak; from costa, well before apex, an
irregular, transverse fuscous line extends to termen,
then along termen to tornus; cilia buff to brownish
buff with a few fuscous scales mixed. Hind wing
pale silvery gray; cilia buff to very pale gray. Fore-
leg buff, heavily overlaid fuscous; midleg similar
NUMBER 273 59
FIGURE 45.?Retha rustica, new species: a, venation of right wings; b, ventral view of male
genitalia with left harpe and aedeagus removed; c, aedeagus.
but buff annulations distally on tibia and tarsal
segments; hind leg buff with slight infuscation on
outer side. Abdomen buff; posterior six segments
grayish fuscous laterally; abdominal terga setose.
Male genitalia slide USNM 24287. Harpe broad
basally, tapering to a pointed cucullus; sacculus
strongly sclerotized, terminating in a sharply
pointed clasper. Gnathos elongate, pointed. Uncus
triangular, pointed distally. Vinculum U-shaped
with well-developed saccus. Tegumen arched, about
twice as long as uncus. Anellus subrectangular;
posterior edge deeply excavated. Aedeagus nearly
straight, swollen proximally and distally; vesica
armed with a single slender cornutus.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73723.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Llanquihue, Petrohue.
Described from the male holotype and one male
paratype with identical data (10 Mar 1959, J. F. G.
Clarke); one male paratype, Province Cautin, Vil-
larrica (4, 5 Jan 1966, Flint and Cekalovic), and
two male paratypes, Province Magallanes, Puenta
Arenas (9-15 Jan 1966, Flint and Cekalovic).
Zymrina, new genus
TYPE-SPECIES.?Borkhausenia xanthosema Mey-
rick, 1931:390 (by monotypy and present designa-
tion). The gender of this generic name is feminine.
Labial palpus upturned, exceeding vertex, slender,
sickle shaped, second segment smooth; third seg-
ment as long as second, acute. Maxillary palpus
reduced, closely appressed to base of tongue. Head
smooth; ocellus absent. Antenna simple; scape with
strong pecten. Forewing narrow, costa nearly
straight, apex pointed; 12 veins; lb furcate; 2 well
before 3; 4, and 5 approximate and equidistant;
7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa; 10 much closer to 9
than to 11; 11 from beyond middle of cell. Hind
wing with 8 veins; 2 from well before angle; 3 and
4 connate; 5 nearer to 6 than to 4; 6 and 7 sub-
parallel. Hind tibia clothed with long, hairliite
scales. Abdominal terga setose.
Male genitalia with uncus and gnathos well
developed.
Female genitalia with signum.
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Zymrina is near Borkhausenia but differs from it
by the absence of antennal cilia in the male, by
having a simple harpe without clasper, and vein 11
of forewing arising well beyond middle of cell.
Zymrina xanthosema (Meyrick), new combination
FIGURE 46
Borkhausenia xanthosema Meyrick, 1931:390?Clarke, 1963,
4:130, pi. 62: figs.
HOLOTYPE.?British Museum (Natural History).
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Llanquihue Province, Puerto
Mont.
Only two specimens of this species are known;
a male in the British Museum (Natural History)
figured by Clarke (1963) and a female in the Na-
tional Museum of Natural History. At present
B. xanthosema is the only species referable to
Zymrina.
Female genitalia figured from slide USNM 24214.
Callistenoma Butler
Callistenoma Butler, 1883:79. [Type-species: Cryptolechia
ustimacula Zeller, 1874:440, pi. 12, fig. 10; by monotypy.]
Callistenoma ustimacula (Zeller)
FIGURE 47; PLATE 6d
Cryptolechia ustimacula Zeller, 1874:440, pi. 12: fig. 10.
Callistenoma ustimacula (Zeller).?Bartlett-Calvert, 1886:346.
Machimia ustimacula {Zeller).?Zeller, 1877:259.
Hypercallia ustimacula (Zeller).?Meyrick, 1922b: 162.?Gaede,
1939:263.
Gonionota ustimacula (Zeller).?Clarke, 1971: 35.
Callistenoma ustimacula zelleri Butler, 1883:80.
Male genitalia slide BM 12508. Harpe of nearly
equal width throughout; cucullus bluntly rounded;
sacculus broadly and strongly sclerotized; extension
of sacculus slender, strongly sclerotized, parallel to
outer margin of harpe. Gnathos spatulate distally.
Uncus moderately short, pointed. Vinculum U-
sliaped with short median projection. Tegumen
about half the length of harpe. Anellus a sub-
quadrate plate with setaceous posterolateral lobes.
Aedeagus short, stout, curved, pointed distally;
cornutus very strong, thornlike.
Female genitalia slide USNM 24233. Ostium
protruding. Sterigma strongly sclerotized, posterior
margin sinuate. Antrum sclerotized. Inception of
ductus seminalis dorsolateral, slightly before ostium.
Ductus bursae posterior fourth sclerotized, anterior
three-fourths spiraled, membranous. Bursa copula-
trix very finely granular. Signum an oval, dentate
plate.
HOLOTYPE.?British Museum (Natural History).
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Valparaiso.
As can be seen by the synonymy, this species has
had an uncertain history. When I placed U. usti-
macula in Gonionota (1971) I had no male and no
specimens with complete labial palpi. The species
is, in fact, quite distinct from species of Gonionota
and belongs in a different section of the family.
Lelita, new genus
TYPE-SPECIES.?Lelita acmaea, new species (by
monotypy and present designation). The gender of
this generic name is feminine.
Labial palpus recurved; second segment scarcely
reaching base of antenna, slightly roughened an-
teriorly; third segment acute, slender, shorter than
second. Tongue well developed; maxillary palpus
filiform, appressed to base of tongue. Head smooth,
clothed with closely appressed scales; sidetufts
spreading; ocellus absent. Antenna simple (female);
scape with weak pecten. Thorax smooth. Forewing
smooth, costa nearly straight; termen straight,
oblique, 12 veins; lb furcate; lc well preserved;
2 to 5 nearly equidistant; 5 and 6 well separated,
parallel; 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen; 9 nearer to
stalk of 7 and 8 than to 10; 11 from before middle
of cell; upper internal vein absent. Hind wing
with 8 veins; 2 remote from 3; 3 and 4 short stalked;
5 nearer to 6 than to 4; 6 and 7 subparallel. Hind
tibia smooth. Abdominal terga setose.
Male genitalia unknown.
Female genitalia without signum.
Perhaps most closely related to Teresita from
which it differs by the stalking of veins 3 and 4 of
hind wing and the relatively shorter second segment
of labial palpus which does not reach base of an-
tenna.
Lelita acmaea, new species
FIGURE 48; PLATE 5d
Alar expanse 12.5 mm.
Labial palpus second segment light ochraceous
buff with a few scattered blackish scales anteriorly;
NUMBER 273 61
FIGURE 46.?Zmyrina xanlhosema (Meyrick): a, venation
of right wings; b, ventral view of female genitalia.
SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY
FIKL'RF. 47.?Callistenoma ustimacula (Zeller): a, ventral view of male
genitalia with left harpc and aede:igus removed; b, acdeagus; c, ventral
view of female gcnitalia.
NUMBER 273 63
FIGURE 48.?Lelita actnaea, new species: a,
venation of right wings; b, ventral view of
female genitalia.
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third segment almost wholly fuscous. Antenna
blackish fuscous. Head shining blackish fuscous;
face with a few ochraceous orange scales; collar
ochraceous orange. Thorax blackish fuscous. Fore-
wing ground color blackish fuscous; at apex a tri-
angular, ochraceous-orange patch; base of triangle
edged with black scales; cilia blackish fuscous.
Hind wing fuscous; cilia concolorous. Legs blackish
fuscous. Abdomen shining blackish fuscous dorsally;
somewhat leaden colored ventrally.
Female genitalia slide USNM 24203. Ostium
transverse, slitlike. Antrum not differentiated. In-
ception of ductus seminalis dorsal, slightly anterior
to ostium. Ductus bursae membranous, somewhat
enlarged anterior to ostium. Bursa copulatrix mem-
branous. Signum absent.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73724.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Llanquihue, Peulla.
Described from the unique female holotype (9
Mar 1959, J. F. G. Clarke).
Teresita, new genus
TYPE-SPECIES.?Teresita isaura, new species (by
monotypy and present designation). The gender of
this generic name is feminine.
Labial palpus recurved; second segment reaching
vertex, smooth; third segment slender, acute, shorter
than second. Tongue well developed; maxillary
palpus minute, free. Head roughened with loosely
appressed scales; sidetufts spreading; ocellus absent.
Antenna ciliated (male); scape with well-developed
pecten. Thorax smooth. Forewing smooth, costa
gently arched; termen nearly straight, slightly
oblique, 12 veins; lb furcate; lc well preserved;
2 remote from 3; 3, 4, and 5 approximate, about
equidistant; 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen; 9 approxi-
mate to stalk of 7 and 8; 10 nearer to 9 than to 11;
11 from before middle; upper internal vein absent.
Hind wing with 8 veins; 2 remote from 3; 3 and 4
connate, 4, 5, and 6 about equidistant. Hind tibia
smooth. Abdominal terga setose.
Male genitalia with well-developed uncus and
gnathos.
Female genitalia unknown.
Terr sit a keys to the Australian Philobola Mey-
rick, but the second segment of labial palpus is not
thickened with appressed scales, the ocellus is ab-
sent, the posterior tibia is smooth, and vein 11 of
forewing arises from before middle.
Teresita isaura, new species
FIGURE 49; PLATE be
Alar expanse 25 mm.
Labial palpus light ochraceous buff; second seg-
ment suffused russet on basal two-thirds; third seg-
ment russet apically. Antenna light ochraceous buff,
segments spotted russet. Head pale ochraceous buff.
Thorax cinnamon buff; tegula slightly lighter.
Forewing ground color light ochraceous buff; ex-
treme base of costa cinnamon buff; from near end
of cell to tornus an ill-defined cinnamon buff
fascia; cilia buff and light ochraceous buff, darker
toward apex. Hind wing ocherous white, darker
toward margins; cilia concolorous. Foreleg light
ochraceous buff; tibia and tarsal segments fuscous
on outer side; midleg similar; hind leg light ochrace-
ous buff. Abdomen first three segments whitish dor-
sally, reminder pale dull ocherous.
Male genitalia slide USNM 24288. Harpe simple,
narrowed to the truncated cucullus. Gnathos a long
triangular process, spined basally. Uncus broad
basally, triangular, terminating in a sharply pointed
hook. Vinculum U-shaped. Tegumen as broad as
long, with prominent rounded process posterolater-
ally. Anellus heart shaped, with posterior, fleshy
lobe on each side. Aedeagus stout, curved, sharply
pointed distally; vesica apparently without cornuti.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73725.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Malleco, Rio Blanco, 1050-
1300 m.
Described from the unique male holotype (21-24
Feb 1954, L. E. Pena).
Unfortunately this species is known only from the
unique male holotype.
This species is similar in appearance to Utilia
florinda, new species, but U. florinda is paler in
color and lacks the cinnamon buff fascia of fore-
wing of T. isaura.
Aliciana, new genus
TYPE-SPECIES.?Aliciana geminata, new species
(by present designation). The gender of this generic
name is feminine.
Labial palpus recurved; second segment scarcely
reaching base of antenna, slightly roughened an-
teriorly; third segment slender, acute, less than half
the length of second. Tongue well developed;
maxillary palpus reduced, free. Head clothed with
NUMBER 273 65
FIGURE 49.?Teresita isaura, new species: a, venation of right wings; b, ventral view of male
genitalia with left harpe and aedeagus removed; c, aedeagus.
closely appressed scales; sidetufts spreading; ocellus
absent. Antenna ciliated (male); scape with very
strong pecten. Thorax smooth. Forewing smooth,
costa gently arched; termen nearly straight, oblique,
12 veins; lb furcate; 1c well preserved; 2 removed
from 3; 3 and 4 well separated; 4 and 5 approxi-
mate; 5 and 6 parallel; 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen;
9 nearer to stalk of 7 and 8 than to 10; 10 nearer
to 9 than to II; 11 from before middle; upper
internal vein absent. Hind wing with 8 veins; 2
remote from 3; 3 and 4 connate; 5 nearer to 4
than to 6; 6 and 7 subparallel. Hind tibia profusely
covered with hairlike scales. Abdominal terga setose.
Male genitalia with well-developed uncus and
gnathos.
Female genitalia unknown.
Aliciana, like several others in the Chilean fauna,
keys to an Australian genus, in this case to Tra-
chyxysta. Aliciana, however, differs from Tra-
chyxysta by the absence of ocelli, vein 2 of forewing
remote fiom 3 and the terminal segment of labial
palpus is longer than one-third of second; however,
the close relationship between the two genera can-
not be ignored.
Aliciana geminata, new species
FIGURE 50; PLATE 5/
Alar expanse 22 mm.
Labial palpus white; second segment irregularly
mottled fuscous on outer side and anteriorly; third
segment fuscous anteriorly. Antenna grayish fuscous
except scape and three basal segments of flagellum
white. Head dull ochraceous buff posteriorly; vertex
and face creamy white. Thorax dull ochraceous
buff, paler posteriorly. Forewing ground color pale
orange buff; extreme edge of costa black basally;
surface of forewing sparsely irrorate with black and
gray scales especially in costal half; cilia pale orange
buff except apical cilia infuscated. Hind wing pale
ochraceous buff, slightly more yellowish toward
margins; cilia pale straw yellow. Foreleg femur
66 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY
FIGURE 50.?Aliciana geminata, new species: a, venation of right wings; b, ventral view of male
genitalia with left harpe and acdeagus removed; c, aedeagus.
light ochraceous buff suffused fuscous; tibia and
tarsal segments white, heavily overlaid fuscous; mid-
leg white, blotched with fuscous; hind leg light buff;
tarsal segments irregularly marked fuscous. Abdomen
whitish ocherous; above sparsely scaled and densely
setose; ventrally sparsely irrorate with fuscous.
Male genitalia slides USNM 24220, 24289. Harpe
with costa and sacculus strongly sclerotized; the
latter terminating in a recurved hook; cucullus
fleshy. Gnathos spoon shaped. Uncus triangular;
distal half strongly sclerotized, pointed. Vinculum
U-shaped with strong median process. Tegumen
broadly arched. Anellus oval, fused with elements
of transtilla. Aedeagus short, produced distally as
a long, sharp point; vesica unarmed.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73726.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Malleco, Rio Blanco, 1050-
1300 m.
Described from the male holotype (21-24 Feb
1954, L. E. Pena) and one male paratype with
identical data.
This species is similar to /. lexicoxantha in ap-
pearance but is a larger and slightly darker moth.
The genitalia separate them immediately.
Aliciana albella (Blanchard), new combination
Epigraphia albella Blanchard, 1852:107.?Clarke, 1967:2, fig. 1.
HOLOTYPE.?Museum Nationale d'Histoire Na-
turelle, Paris.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?"Chile."
In my key A. albella clearly runs to Aliciana, but
because of the extremely long aedeagus of A. albella,
as compared to that of A. geminata, I place A.
albella here with some misgiving. As previously
stated (Clarke, 1967:2) the holotype of A. albella
(and only specimen known) is very much covered
with mold and it is difficult to see characters, but
until such time as additional material becomes avail-
able the species can be placed here.
Osmarina, new genus
TYPE-SPECIES.?Osmarina argilla, new species (by
monotypy and present designation). The gender of
this generic name is feminine.
Labial palpus recurved, exceeding vertex, some-
what roughened anteriorly; third segment nearly
as long as second, very slender, acute. Tongue well
NUMBER 273 67
developed, maxillary palpus very small, appressed
to base of tongue. Head rough; ocellus absent. An-
tenna serrate in male, simple in female; scape with-
out pecten. Thorax smooth. Forewing smooth;
costa gently arched, termen straight, slightly
oblique, 12 veins; lb furcate; 1c present; 2 remote
from 3; 3, 4, and 5 approximate; 6 much nearer to
7 than to 5; 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen slightly
below apex; 9 approximate to the stalk of 7 and 8;
10 nearer to 9 than to 11; 11 from slightly before
middle of cell. Hind wing with 8 veins; 2 distant
from 3; 3 and 4 connate; 5 nearer to 6 than 4;
5, 6, and 7 about equidistant. Hind tibia roughened
with hairlike scales. Abdominal terga setose.
Male genitalia with strongly developed gnathos
and transtilla.
Female genitalia without signum.
Osmarina argilla, new species
FIGURE 51; PLATE 5g
Alar expanse 17-19 mm.
Labial palpus buff; second segment dull clay
color on outer side. Antenna brown. Head clay
color, mixed anteriorly with buff scales. Thorax
clay color, suffused fuscous. Forewing ground color
clay color overlaid with brown scales; at basal third,
in cell, a fuscous dot followed at end of cell by a
pair of similarly colored spots; in fold a similar
small spot (spots obscure in some specimens); costa
narrowly pale buff; between the outer pair of discal
spots and termen, a pale clay-colored, irregular,
transverse line (ill-defined in some specimens); along
termen a narrow broken fuscous line; cilia a mix-
ture of dull brown and buff. Hind wing grayish;
cilia gray and buff mixed. Foreleg buff, tibia and
tarsus brown on outer sides; tarsal segments suffused
brownish on outer side; midleg similar; hind leg
buff; tibia suffused grayish on outer side; tibial
spurs fuscous, tipped buff. Abdomen brown dor-
sally; posterior margins edged buff; ventrally buff
anteriorly, brownish posteriorly.
Male genitalia slides USNM 24290, 24291. Harpe
broad basally, with median constriction; sacculus
strongly sclerotized, from base, near costa, a slender
sclerotized transverse bar giving rise to a pointed
process distally. Gnathos divided into two curved,
pointed processes. Transtilla with two flattened,
elongate elements profusely clothed with setae.
Uncus broad, short, and weakly sclerotized. Vin-
culum U-shaped. Tegumen very short, less than a
third the length of harpe. Anellus a subrectangular
plate with a curved, sclerotized process from each
posterolateral corner. Aedeagus moderately stout,
curved, pointed; vesica unarmed.
Female genitalia slide USNM 24292. Ostium
crescentic. Antrum very lightly sclerotized. Incep-
tion of ductus seminalis dorsal, slightly before
ostium. Ductus bursae finely granular in mid-
section. Bursa copulatrix membranous. Signum
absent.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73727.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Centro-Austral.
Described from the male holotype (Jan-Mar 1898,
V. Izquerdo), 12 males and one female paratypes
with same data as holotype, and one male para-
type, Maule, Pellhue (2 Dec 1953, L. E. Pefia).
This species is similar to Doina phaeobregma,
new species, but is smaller, has a pale subterminal
line, absent in D. phaeobregma, and as can be seen
from the illustrations, is structurally quite different.
Arctopoda Butler
Arctopoda Butler, 1883:66. [Type-species: Arctopoda macu-
losa Butler, 1883:67, pi. 11: fig. 5, female; by monotypy.J
Polypseustis Dognin, 1908:33. [Type-species: Polypseustis
cuprea Dognin, 1908; by monotypy and original designa-
tion.]
This genus is peculiar because of the vestigial
tongue and greatly reduced labial palpus, but the
venation and genitalia clearly place it in the
Oecophoridae. Arctopoda maculosa is closely re-
lated to species of the genus Pseudodoxia and the
larva is a casemaker as are those of members of that
genus. The larva of A. maculosa, however, feeds
on avocado (at least specimens in USNM are so
labeled), not on lichens or mosses as do the larvae
of species of Pseudodoxia. Diakonoff (1947, 1951)
has illustrated the cases: larvae and pupae of
Pseudodoxia species from Java and the striking
similarity of the larva and case of Arctopoda to
those of Pseudodoxia leave no doubt about their
relationship.
The more than 40 species of Pseudodoxia are
found in India, Ceylon, Assam, and Java.
68 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY
FIGURE 51.?Osmarina nrgilla, new species: a, venation of right wings; b, ventral view of male
genitalia with left harpe and aedeagus removed; c, aedeagus; d, ventral view of female gcnitalia.
NUMBER 273 69
Arctopoda maculosa Butler
FIGURE 52
Arctopoda maculosa Butler, 1883:67, pi. 11: fig. 5, female.?
Bartlett-Calvert, 1886:344; 1893, pi. 2: fig. 2.?Meyrick,
1922b: 138.
Polypseustis cuprea Dognin, 1908:33.
Male genitalia slides 24293, 24294, 24295, 24296,
24297, 24298. Harpe almost as broad as long; basal
half strongly sclerotized; sacculus heavily sclerotized
and produced distally as a blunt, flattened proc-
ess; cucullus rounded. Gnathos elongate, sharply
pointed. Uncus triangular, pointed. Vinculum
rounded. Tegumen quadrate, nearly as broad as
long. Anellus a quadrate plate with a digitate proc-
ess from each posterior corner. Aedeagus nearly
straight, slightly dilated proximally; vesica armed
with a single cornutus.
Female genitalia slides USNM 24299, 24300. Os-
tium transverse, slitlike. Antrum rugose. Inception
of ductus seminalis slightly before antrum. Ductus
bursae membranous, short, slightly longer than
bursa copulatrix. Bursa copulatrix membranous.
Signum absent.
HOLOTYPES.?British Museum (Natural History)
(A. maculosa); National Museum of Natural His-
tory, Smithsonian Institution (P. cuprea).
TYPE-LOCALITIES.?Las Zorras (A. maculosa): Val-
divia (P. cuprea).
The following genus and species deserve special
attention since the species belongs to a group pre-
viously known from Africa, Mascarene Islands,
Mauritius, India, China, and Ceylon (Sri Lanka).
For this group Meyrick proposed the family Meta-
chandidae (1911:275) and based his family on the
absence of vein 7 in the forewing and the absence
of vein 6 in the hind wing. The characters on which
Meyrick based his family are not always as inter-
preted by him: Six genera (Clarke, 1965:439-468),
Ancylometis, Cenarchis, Chanystis, Metachanda,
Stereoptila, and Therapnis, lack vein 7 in forewing
as stated but all of these except Therapnis have
vein 6 in the hind wing. Semnocosma Meyrick
(1924:548) and Protochanda both have vein 7 of
forewing present and Semnocosma has vein 6 of
hind wing present. Because of the signum, however,
it is doubtful that Semnocosma belongs in this
group. According to Meyrick, Daemonarcha (1918:
27), has both 7 of forewing and 6 of hind wing
absent. I have not seen thel type of this genus
(cyprophanes Meyrick). Obviously, then, except in
two cases, Meyrick's family characters break down.
Hodges (1974:97) has reduced the family Meta-
chandidae to synonymy in the Oecophoridae in the
tribe Oecophorini, subfamily Oecophorinae. Al-
though I do not dispute the family association, I
would place this group as a subfamily Metachan-
dinae, new status, of the Oecophoridae based on
the strikingly different signum, as far as I know,
found nowhere else in the Oecophoridae.
Philomusea Meyrick
Philomusea Meyrick, 1931:394. [Type-species: Philomusea
craterias Meyrick, 1931; by original designation.]
Following is a rediagnosis of this genus.
Labial palpus recurved, exceeding vertex; second
and third segments of about equal length; second
segment roughened anteriorly; third segment acute.
Tongue well developed; maxillary palpus minute,
free. Head smooth; ocellus absent. Antenna simple
but slightly serrulate distad; pecten absent. Thorax
smooth. Forewing smooth, costa nearly straight,
termen rounded, 12 veins; lb furcate, lc strongly
preserved; 2 from well before angle; 3, 4, and 5
equidistant; 6 to apex; 7 and 8 long stalked, 7 to
costa; 9 nearer to stalk of 7 and 8 than to 10; 11
from two-fifths of cell. Hind wing with 8 veins;
2 remote; 3 and 4 short stalked from angle of cell;
5 nearer to stalk of 3 and 4 than to 6. Hind tibia
roughened with hairlike scales, especially at spurs.
Abdominal terga not setose.
Male genitalia with well-developed gnathos and
reduced uncus. Vesica with cornutus.
Female genitalia with well-developed signum.
Philomusea is closely related to Cenarchis Mey-
rick, from Rodriguez Island in the Mascarene
group, in the Indian Ocean, but differs from it
by having veins 7 and 8 of forewing stalked, not
coincident, and by having veins 3 and 4 of hind
wing short stalked, not coincident as in Cenarchis.
Moreover, vein 6 of hind wing is well developed in
Philomusea, not weakly so as in Cenarchis. Because
of the retention of vein 7 (stalked with 8) of fore-
wing and vein 6 of hind wing this might be con-
sidered the most primitive genus of the group.
70 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY
FIGURE 52.?Arctopoda maculosa Butler: a, venation of right wings; b, ventral view of male
genitalia with left harpe and aedeagus removed; c, aedeagus; d, ventral view of female genitalia.
NUMBER 273 71
Philomusea craterias Meyrick
Philomusea craterias Meyrick, 1931:394.?Gaede, 1939:365.?
Clarke, 1963:381, pi. 187: figs. 1-ld.
TYPE.?British Museum (Natural History).
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Argentina, Terr. Rio Negro,
Lake Correntoso.
This was described from Argentina, but I have
a series of males and females from Chile, Llanqui-
hue Province, Peulla (1-9 Mar 1959, J. F. G.
Clarke).
Philomusea brachyxista Meyrick
Philomusea brachyxista (Meyrick), 1931:395.?Gaede, 1939:
365.?Clarke, 1963:382, pi. 188; figs. 1-lb.
TYPE.?British Museum (Natural History).
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Southern Chile, Llanquihue
Province, Casa Pangue.
I include P. brachyxista here only because it is
recorded from Chile, and was described as a
Philomusea, but it is not congeneric with P. cra-
terias, the type of Philomusea, and will probably
require a new genus.
Philomusea meniscogramma, new species
FIGURE 53; PLATE 5h
Alar expanse 14 mm.
Labial palpus clay color; third segment with a
fine blackish-fuscous anterior longitudinal line run-
ning entire length of segment. Antenna blackish
fuscous; scape with some clay-colored scaling ven-
trally. Head blackish fuscous with clay color scaling
around margins. Thorax blackish fuscous. Forewing
ground color fuscous; from near base of costa an
outwardly curved, lunate black line extends to fold
and for a short distance along it; inner edge of this
black line bordered by ochraceous buff and ochrace-
ous tawny scales; outer edge bordered by ochraceous
tawny; between the outer end of the lunate black
line and costa black spot containing a few scattered
ochraceous tawny scales; at end of cell a conspicuous
black spot edged with ochraceous buff and white
scales, and beyond the black spot a patch of ochrace-
ous tawny; cilia fuscous mixed with ochraceous
tawny. Hind wing fuscous apically, somewhat FIGURE 53.?Philomusea meniscogramma, new species: ventralview of female genitalia.
72 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY
FIGURE 54.?Oecophora minnetta Butler: a, ventral view of
male genitalia with aedeagus removed; b, aedeagus. (After
drawing by Dr. John D. Bradley.)
lighter basally; cilia fuscous. Foreleg clay color;
femur and tibia blackish fuscous on outer side;
tarsal segments marked with blackish fuscous; mid-
leg similar but tibia with median ochraceous buff
tuft of scales; hind leg similar to foreleg but with
ochraceous buff annulus at each pair of spurs. Ab-
domen blackish fuscous dorsally, posterior margins
of segments edged with pale grayish scales laterally;
ventrally a median longitudinal buff streak.
Female genitalia slide USNM 24205. Ostium very
small, round, at the end of a protruding dome-
shaped extension of ductus bursae lying in a con-
cavity of the eighth sternum. Antrum moderately
sclerotized. Inception of ductus seminalis dorsal,
well before ostium. Ductus bursae membranous,
with longitudinal striae on inner surface. Bursa
copulatrix granular. Signum horseshoe shaped, with
well-developed capitulum.
HOLOTYPE.?USNM 73728.
TYPE-LOCALITY.?Llanquihue, Puerto Varas.
Described from the unique female holotype (5
Mar 1959, J. F. G. Clarke).
This reminds one of the North American Agonop-
terix hyperella Ely but P. mehiscogramma is a
darker species and the lunate mark is nearer the
base of forewing in the latter species.
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74 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY
PLATE 1.?a, Eraina thamnocephala, new species, $ holotype; b, Aniuta melanoma, new species,
$ holotype; c, A. ochrolenca, new species, $ paratype; d, Talitha anomala, new species, 9
holotype; e, Deia lineola, new species, $ paratype; /, Perzelia arda, new species, $ paratype;
g, Corita amphichroma, new species, $ paratype; h, Mima zostera, new species, $ holotype.
NUMBER 273 75
PLATE 2.?a, Altiura maculata, new species, $ paratype; b, A. maculata, new species, 9 holotype;
c, Doina paralagneia, new species, $ holotype; d, D. lagneia, new species, $ holotype; e, D. flinti,
new species, 9 holotype; /, D. inconspicua, new species, $ paratype; g, D. asperula, new species,
9 holotype; h, D. truncata, new species, 9 paratype.
76 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY
PLATE 3.?a, Doina subicula, new species, $ holotype; b, D. annulata, new species, $ holotype;
c, D. eremnogramma, new species, $ paratype; d, D. trachycantha, new species, $ holotype;
e, D. phaeobregma, new species, $ holotype; /, D. glebula, new species, $ holotype; g, Doshia
miltopeza, new species, $ holotype; h, Nedenia rhodochra, new species, $ holotype.
NUMBER 273 77
PLATE 4.?a, Revotida eschara, new species, $ paratype; b, Irenia leucoxantha, new species,
9 holotype; c, I. curvula, new species, $ holotype; d, Dita phococara, new species, $ holotype;
e, Utilia florinda, new species, $ holotype; /, (/. falcata, new species, $ holotype; g, Atha
trimacula, new species, $ holotype; h, Retha rustica, new species, $ holotype.
78 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY
PLATE 5.?a, Alynda striala, new species, $ holotype; b, A. sarissa, new species, $ holotype;
c, A. cinnamomea, new species, $ holotype; d, Lelita actnaea, new species, 9 holotype; e, Teresita
ham a, new species, $ holotype; /, Alicinia geminata, new species, $ holotype; g, Osmarina
argilla, new species, $ holotype; /(, Philomusea metiiscogramma, new species, $ holotype.
NUMBER 273 79
PLATE 6.?a, Doina scariphista (Meyrick); $ holotype; b, Doina increta (Butler), $ holotype;
c, Dita jasciatipedella (Zeller), $ holotype; d, Callistenoma ustimacula (Zeller), $ .
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Blastodacnidae and Aegeriidae
Gonionota melobaphes and Relatives
A New Genus of Stenomidae
The Tortricid Genus Proeulia
The Genera Orsotricha and Palinorsa
The Tortricid Genus Pseudomeritastis
The Stenomid Genus Falculina
The Tortricid Genus Pseudatteria
Taxa Erroneously Placed in Stenomidae
The Tortricid Genus Idolatteria
The Stenomid Genus Lethata
The Stenomid Genus Loxotoma
Chilean Microlepidoptera Described by Blanchard
The Stenomid Genus Thioscelis
New Species of Oecophoridae
New Species of Phaloniidae
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