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*Leptobyrsa bruchi Drake 



Leptobyrsa bruchi Drake 1928i, p. 73 [Argentina]. 

 Type: Hole-type d\ macropterous; Cordoba, Argentina; Drake Coll. 

 (USNM). 

 Distribution: Argentina. 

 Host Plant: Unrecorded. 



*Leptobyrsa decora Drake 



Leptobyrsa decora Drake 1922c, p. 375 [Colombia; Ecuador]. — Monte 

 1938b, p. 130 [Citrus aurantium]. 

 Type: Holotype 0% macropterous; Lacumbre, Colombia; Drake Coll. 

 (USNM). 

 Distribution: Colombia; Ecuador. 

 Host Plant: Citrus aurantium. 



*Leptobyrsa mendocina Pennington 



Leptobyrsa mendocina Pennington 1919, p. 526, fig. 1 [Argentina]; 1921, 



p. 20. 

 Leptobyrsa mendecina [sic]: Drake 1931b, p. 511. 

 Type: Holotype 9, macropterous; Mendosa, Argentina; Drake Coll. 

 (USNM). 

 Distribution: Argentina. 

 Host Plant: Unrecorded. 



*Leptobyrsa pulchra Monte 



Leptobyrsa pulchra Monte 1940e, p. 286 [Brazil]. 



Type: Holotype o 71 ; Nova Teutonia, Santa Catarina, Brazil; Monte 

 Coll. (Mus. Nacional). 



Distribution: Brazil. 



Host Plant: Unrecorded. 



*Leptobyrsa steini (Stal) 



Tingis steini Stal 1858, p. 64 [Brazil].— Walker 1873a, p. 181. 

 Leptobyrsa steinii [sic]: Stal 1873, p. 123. — Pennington 1919, p. 527, fig. 

 Leptobyrsa steini: Champion 1898b, p. 58, pi. 2, fig. 4. — Drake and 

 Hambleton 1935, p. 148 [Eupatorium intermedium; Baccharis mesoneura]; 

 1938a, p. 65 [Symphyopappus reticulatus]; 1944b, p. 126. — Drake 1936b, 

 p. 700 [Argentina].— Drake and Poor 1937d, p. 309.— Monte 1941c, 

 p. 204, fig. 1; 1942d, p. 108; 1944b, p. 461, figs. 4-8.— Singh 1953, 

 p. 118. 

 Leptobyrsa nigritarsis Monte 1937a, p. 32, fig. 10; 1937c, p. 72; 1941c, 

 p. 207, fig. 2. 

 Type: Holotype cf ; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Stockholm Mus. 

 Distribution: Brazil; Argentina. 



Host Plants: Baccharis mesoneura; Eupatorium intermedium; Symphyopappus 

 reticulatus. 



