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:!: Leptopharsa machalana var. vinnula Drake and Hambleton 



Lcptopharsa machalana var. vinnula Drake and Hambleton 1946a, p. 13 

 [Fla.; Guatemala; Desmodium; Caesar's burr; beggars' lice]. — Stahler 

 1946, p. 545, fig. 1 [Boehmeria cylindrica drummondiana; Urena lobala; 

 Bidens pilosa radiata]. 

 Leptophersa [sic] vinnula: Gibson and Carrillo 1959, p. 19 [Mexico]. 

 Type: Holotype d% macropterous; Fort Pierce, Florida, U.S.; USNM. 

 Distribution: U.S. (Fla.); Mexico; Guatemala. 



Host Plants: Bidens pilosa radiata; Boehmeria cylindrica drummondiana; 

 Desmodium sp.; Urena lobala. 



Note: Fungus Hirsutella sp. found on adults [Stahler]. 

 Leptopharsa marginella (Stal) 



Monanthia (Tropidocheila) marginella Stal 1858, p. 62 [Brazil], 

 Monanthia marginella: Walker 1873a, p. 192. 



Leptopharsa marginella: Stal 1873, p. 126. — Drake and Poor 1937d, 

 p. 309, pi. 36, fig. 6. 

 Type: Sex unknown; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Stockholm Mus. 

 Distribution: Brazil. 

 Host Plant: Unrecorded. 

 *Leptopharsa miconiae Drake and Hambleton 



Leptopharsa miconiae Drake and Hambleton 1938b, p. 55, fig. 2 [Brazil; 

 Miconia]. 

 Type: Holotype o", macropterous; Alto da Serra, Sao Paulo, Brazil; 

 Drake Coll. (USNM). 

 Distribution: Brazil. 

 Host Plant: Miconia sp. 

 *Leptopharsa milled Drake 



Leptopharsa milleri Drake 1954f, p. 6 [Congo; Rhodesia; polony]. 

 Type: Holotype 9; Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia; British Mus. 

 Distribution: Southern Rhodesia; Congo. 

 Host Plant: Polony tree. 

 *Leptopharsa mira Drake and Hambleton Figure 2 



Leptopharsa mira Drake and Hambleton 1934, p. 446 [Brazil; Swartzia] . — 

 Monte 1939b, p. 74 [Cassia; Annonaceae]. 

 Type: Holotype cf , macropterous; Vicpsa, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Drake 

 Coll. (USNM). 

 Distribution: Brazil. 



Host Plants: Cassia sp.; Swartzia sp.; Annonaceae. 

 *Leptopharsa modica Drake and Hambleton 



Leptopharsa modica Drake and Hambleton 1939, p. 161 [Brazil]. 

 Type: Holotype cf, macropterous; Sao Paulo, Brazil ; Drake Coll. 

 (USNM). 

 Distribution: Brazil. 

 Host Plant: Unrecorded. 



