NO. 1304. REVISION OF AMERICAN GELEGHIID MOTHS— BUSCK 775 



PALTODORA Meyrick 



Plate XXVIII, fig. 1'. 



Cleodora (Curtis), Meyrick, Handbook Brit. Lep., 1895, p. 571. 



This g-enus is defined bj^ Meyrick in his Handbook British Lepi- 

 doptera, 1895, as: 



Second joint of labial palpi with long, rough, spreading hairs beneath, terminal as 

 long as second. Forewing 7 and 8 out of 6. Hind wing under I, elongate-trapezoidal, 

 apex pointed, produced, termen emarginate, cilia 3; 3 and 4 remote, parallel, 5 

 nearer 6, 6 and 7 approximated. 



Most of the American species dilfer from this definition in having- 

 terminal joint of labial palpi shorter than second joint, and veins 6 and 

 7 in hindwing are more properly said to be connate than approximate. 

 In all other respects they agree absolutely, and the chief characteris- 

 tics of each species are so unmistakably near to the European forms 

 that one genus only can find justification, and the definition of the genus 

 should be widened by the two alterations — terminal joint as long as 

 second <yr shorter, and 6 and 7 in hindwing approximate w connate. 



1 have recognized the following 12 species, which ma}^ be separated 

 l)y the table, but great care should be taken in determining the spe- 

 cies, as they are very similar: 



With white costal streak at beginning of cilia 1 



Without such streak 7 



1. Part of costal edge, white 2 



Costal edge, not white 4 



2. With white dashes in costal cilia magnella, p. 776 



Without such dayhes 3 



3. Ground color light yellowish brown pallidistrigella, -p. 776 



Ground color dark brown canicofitella, p. 778 



4. Head and thorax whitish 5 



Head and thorax brown 6 



5. Antennae nearly unicolorous driateUa, p. 775 



Antennae sharply annulated cilialineeJla, p. 777 



6. With dorsal apical white streak dit'tzieUd, p. 777 



Without such aritflirlla, p. 778 



7. Entire wing with white-tipped scales 8 



No white-tipped scales or only at margins 9 



8. Anterior wings with longitudinal ochreous streaks similiella, p. 779 



Without such streaks paUldelhi, p. 780 



9. Color light yellowish brown .mhuleUa, p. 778 



Color dark ashy brown, alar exp. 16-23 mm tophella, ji. 780 



Color pale umber brown, alar exp. 10-11 mm modesta, p. 781 



PALTODORA STRIATELLA Hiibner. 



Paltodora striatella HtJBNER, Staudinger and Rebel, Cat. Lep. Eur., II, No. 2935, 



1901.— BuscK, Dyar's List Amer. Lep., No. 5540, 1903. 

 Cleodora striatella Walsingham, Insect Life, I, 1888, p. 82. — Riley, Smith's 



List Lep. Bor. Am., No. 5516, 1891. 



