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*Phaenotropis parvula (Signoret) 



Monanthia {Monosteira) parvula Signoret 1865, p. 117 [France]. 

 Monanthia parvula: Walker 1873a, p. 190.— Puton 1879c, p. 124.— Rey 



1893, p. 97 [Dorycnium suffruticosum]. 

 Monosteira (Phaenotropis) parvula: Horvath 1906a, p. 107. 

 Monosteira parvula: Stichel 1926, p. 116; 1935, p. 349; 1938a, p. 408; 

 1960a, p. 344, fig. 182 [Sardinia]; 1960b, p. 401; 1960c, p. 140.— 

 Blote 1945, p. 92. 

 Monostira [sic] parvula: Guide 1938, p. 321. — Gomez-Menor 1949, 



p. 161, fig. [Spain]; 1955b, p. 249. 

 Phaenotropis parvula: Drake 1957a, p. 415. 

 Type: Sex unknown; France; Vienna Mus. 

 Distribution: France; Spain; Sardinia; Senegal. 

 Host Plant: Dorycnium suffruticosum. 



Genus PHAEOCHILA Drake and Hambleton 



Phaeochila Drake and Hambleton 1945, p. 358. — Drake and RuhofF 

 1960a, p. 75. 

 Type Species: Amblystira hirta Monte. 



*Phaeochila hirta (Monte) 



Amblystira hirta Monte 1940e, p. 284, fig. 5 [Brazil]. 

 Phaeochila hirta: Drake and Hambleton 1945, p. 359 [Peru]. 

 Type: Holotype 9; Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Monte Coll. (Mus. 

 Nacional). 

 Distribution: Brazil; Peru. 

 Host Plant: Unrecorded. 



Genus PHYMACYSTA Monte 



Phymacysta Monte 1942d, p. 106. — Hurd 1946, p. 476. — Drake and 

 RuhofF 1960a, p. 77. 

 Type Species: Leptostyla tumida Champion. 



*Phymacysta magnifica (Drake) 



Gelchossa magnifica Drake 1922c, p. 373 [Brazil]. 

 Leptopharsa magnifica: Drake 1930a, p. 1; 1931b, p. 511; 1935, p. 18 

 [Paraguay]. — Drake and Hambleton 1938a, p. 63 [Chuquiragua 

 glabra].— -Monte 1939b, p. 74; 1941e, p. 115 [Argentina]. 

 Phymacysta magnifica: Monte 1942d, p. 107. 

 Type: Holotype 9; Chapada, Brazil; Carnegie Mus. 

 Distribution: Brazil; Paraguay; Argentina. 

 Host Plant: Chuquiragua glabra. 



