Superfamily TENTHREDINOIDEA 87 



Biology: Townsend, 1892. U. S. Dept. Agr., Insect Life 4: 26-27 (Cottonwood leafminer). 

 — Townsend, 1892. Zoe 3: 234-236 (Tineidae ? larvae). —Underwood and Titus, 1968. 

 Canad. Ent. 100: 407-411. -Brown and Eads, 1969. Jour. Econ. Ent. 62: 672-674. 

 wuestneii (Konow). Que. to Alaska s. to Colo., Calif.; Europe. Ecology: A leafminer. Host: 

 Salix. 

 Fenusa wustneii Konow, 1894. Wien. Ent. Ztg. 13: 91. 9, 6. 

 Fenusa alaskana Kincaid, 1900. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc. 2: 345. 6. 



Genus SETABARA Ross 



Parabafes MacGillivray, 1909. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 2: 262. Preocc. 



Type-species: Parabates histrionicus MacGillivray. Orig. desig. 

 Setabara Ross, 1951. In Muesebeck, et al., U. S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Monog. 2: 31. N. name. 



A monotypic genus found only in western North America. 



histrionica (MacGillivray). Colo., Idaho, Nev., Wash., Oreg., Calif. Ecology: Adults collected 

 from Primus. 

 Parabates histrionicus MacGillivray, 1909. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 2: 263. 9. 



Genus BIDIGITUS Smith 



Bidigitus Smith, 1967. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 69: 280. 



Type-species: Profenusa platani Burks. Orig. desig. 

 platani (Burks). Calif. Ecology: A leafminer. Host: Platanus racemosa. 

 Profenusa platanaei}.) Burks, 1957. Ent. News 68: 207. 9, tJ. 



Biology: Brown and Eads, 1965. Calif. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 818: 14, 22-32. 



Genus PROFENUSA MacGillivray 



Profenusa MacGillivray, 1914. Canad. Ent. 46: 364. 



Type-species: Profenusa collaris MacGillivray. Monotypic. 

 Gimnea Malaise, 1964. Ent. Tidskr. 85: 33. 



Type-species: Tenthredo pygmaea Klug. Orig. desig. 

 alumna (MacGillivray). Maine to Va. w. to Wis., 111. Ecology: A leafminer. Host: Quercus rubra 

 and probably other oaks. References to alumna as a leafminer of Betula are actually 

 thomsoni (Konow). 

 Messa alumna MacGillivray, 1923. 111. Univ. Bui. 20(50): 23. 9. 

 Messa arnica MacGillivray, 1923. 111. Univ. Bui. 20(50): 23. S. 

 Messa appota MacGillivray, 1923. 111. Univ. Bui. 20(50): 24. 6. 

 Profenusa mainensis Smith, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 59: 720. 9, larva. 

 canadensis (Marlatt). Que., Ont. to D. C. w. to Iowa, Mo., Ark. Ecology: A leafminer. Host: 

 Crataegus, to a lesser extent Primus. 

 Scolioneura canadensis Marlatt, 1895. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 3: 235. 9. 

 Profenusa collaris MacGillivray, 1914. Canad. Ent. 46: 364. 9, 6. 



Biology: Parrott and Fulton, 1915. N. Y. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 411: 551-580. — Parrott and 



Fulton, 1915. Jour. Agr. Res. 5: 519-528. -Hamilton, 1943. N. Y. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 703: 



59-61. -Hamilton, 1950. Jour. Econ. Ent. 43: 694-696. 

 inspirata (MacGillivray). Oreg., Nev., Calif. Ecology: A leafminer. Host: Quercus. 



Parabates inspiratus MacGillivray, 1909. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 2: 264. 9. 

 lucifex (Ross). Maine, Ont, N. Y., 111. Ecology: Leafminer. Host: Quercus alba, Q. macrocarpa. 



Fenusa lucifex Ross, 1936. 111. State Acad. Sci., Trans. 29: 266. 9. 



Biology: Lindquist and Jackson, 1965. Canad. Dept. Forestry, Bimonthly Prog. Rpt. 21(4): 1. 

 thomsoni (Konow). Que., Maine, Vt., Conn., Ont., Man.; Ecology: A leafminer. Introduced. 

 Host: Betula. 

 Fenusa thomsoni Konow, 1886. Wien. Ent. Ztg. 5: 270. 9. 



