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*Melanorhopala infuscata Parshley 



Melanorhopala infuscata Parshley 1917a, p. 19, fig. la [Va.; Liriodendron]; 

 1920a, p. 274. — McAtee 1923, p. 145 [D.G.; Ceanothus americanus}. — 

 Blatchley 1926, p. 493 [Md.; Ceanothus}.— Bailey 1951, p. 22. 

 Type: Holotype cf; Falls Church, Virginia, U.S.; MCZ. 

 Distribution: U.S. (Md.; D.C.; Va.). 

 Host Plants: Ceanothus americanus; Ceanothus sp.; Liriodendron sp. 



Genus MONOSTEIRA Costa 



Monosteira Costa 1863, p. 7. — Lethierry and Severin 1896, p. 25. — 



Horvath 1906a, pp. 15, 104 (key).— Stichel 1926, pp. 105, 116 (key); 



1960a, p. 343; 1960b, p. 401; 1960c, p. 140.— de Seabra 1931, p. 



438.— Silvestri 1934, p. 259.— Kiritshenko 1951, pp. 243, 254 — 



Drake and Ruhoff 1960a, p. 69. 

 Monostira [sic]: Oshanin 1908, p. 454; 1912, p. 46.— Stichel 1935, p. 



349; 1938a, p. 408.— Guide 1938, pp. 245, 319 (key).— Gomez- 



Menor 1949, p. 158; 1950, p. 2; 1954, p. 382; 1955a, p. 257.— Priesner 



and Alfieri 1953, pp. 63, 65. 

 Type Species: Monanthia unicornis Mulsant and Rey. 



*Monosteira discoidalis (Jakovlev) 



Monanthia {Monosteira) discoidalis Jakovlev 1883, p. 107 [Russia]. 



Monosteira discoidalis: Lethierry and Severin 1896, p. 25 [Turkmen]. — 

 Horvath 1906a, p. 106 [Turkestan]. 

 Type: Holotype o 71 , macropterous; Tajikistan, Russia; Leningrad Inst. 

 Distribution: U.S.S.R. (Turkestan; Turkmen). 

 Host Plant: Unrecorded. 



*Monosteira inermis Horvath 



Monosteira inermis Horvath 1899, p. 449 [Turkestan]; 1906a, p. 106. — 

 Kiritshenko 1959, p. 105. 

 Type: Holotype 9; Turkestan, Russia; Hungarian Mus. 

 Distribution: U.S.S.R. (Turkestan). 

 Host Plant: Unrecorded. 



*Monosteira lobulifera Reuter 



Monosteira lobulifera Reuter 1888, p. 225 [Greece]; 1891a, p. 27. — 

 Horvath 1906a, p. 105 [Syria].— Hoberlandt 1955, p. 95 [Turkey; 

 Israel; Transcaucasus; Quercus cocci/era; Quercus ilex]. 

 Monostira lobulifera: Priesner and Alfieri 1953, p. 66 [Egypt; Salix]. 

 Type: Attica, Greece; sex and deposition of type unknown. 

 Distribution: Greece; Turkey; Syria; Israel; U.S.S.R. (Transcaucasus); 

 Egypt. 

 Host Plants: Quercus cocci/era; Qiiercus ilex; Salix sp. 



