RESTRICTION OF THE GENUS GELECHIA — BUSCK 579 



11. Genus PSEUDOCHELARIA Dietz 



Pr,ATE 62, Figures 22, 23 : Piate 69, Figure 55 



Pseudochelaria Dietz, Ent. News, vol. 11, p. 352, 1900. (Genotype, Pseudochelaria 

 pennsylvanica Dietz. ) 



Second joint of labial palpus Avith even, furrowed brush beneath ; 

 terminal joint shorter than second, with apex acute. 



Fore wing wnth veins 3, 4, and 5 nearly equidistant at base, 3 from 

 before the end of the cell, 2 more distant, 6 approximate to 7. Hind 

 wing with veins 3 and 4 connate, 5 cubital, 6 and 7 separate but 

 api^roximate at base. 



Male genitalia with uncus elongate, enlarged at ai)ex, which is 

 3- or 2-pronged by the presence of short, stout spines. Gnathos 

 large, hook-shaped, also sometimes shortly 3-pronged at tip. Tegu- 

 men with large lateral projections. Upper branches of the harpes 

 long, slender, enlarged and flattened on outer half; lower branches 

 of the harpes very small or rudimentary. Vinculum small, with a 

 very long, slender, posterior process. Aedeagus straight or curved, 

 with the entrance opening at base, not lateral. 



Female genitalia with rather short, slightly twisted ductus; sig- 

 num an involuted, spiny, nearly quadrangular plate very similar to 

 those found in the genus Gelechia; plate of ostium simple, without 

 lateral lobes. 



The genus has never been described in print except by those char- 

 acters that can be deduced from Dietz's specific description, which 

 did not include the A-enation. In determining the genotype for 

 Dietz, Lord Walsingham gave him the generic name of the unpub- 

 lished manuscript; by using it and describing the genotype and one 

 other species Dietz inadvertently became the author of the genus and 

 his definite designation of the genotype as 'penmylvcbnica must stand. 

 Bainbrigge-Fletcher ^^ erroneously quotes waUinghami Dietz as 

 genotype. 



Pseudoehelana, comprises a small natural group of moths, recog- 

 nizable on habitus alone. The genus has not been discovered outside 

 of North America. 



AMERICAN SPECIES OF PSEUDOCHELARIA 



arbutina (Keifer). 

 manzanitae (Keifer). 



walsivf/hann Dietz. 

 pennsylvanica Dietz. 

 scabreUa (Biisck). 



The last three of the above species are here transferred to Pseudochelaria 

 from Gelechia. 



"List of genera and names used for Microlepidoptera, Mem. Dept. Agr. India, vol. 11. 

 p. 189, 1929. 



