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Type: Holotype cf ; Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Drake Coll. 

 (USNM). 

 Distribution: Brazil. 

 Host Plant: Serjania sp. 



* Planibyrsa sodalis (Drake and Bondar) 



Leptobyrsa sodalis Drake and Bondar 1932, p. 91 [Brazil; Arrabidaea]. — 



Costa Lima 1936, p. 128. 

 Planibyrsa sodalis: Drake and Poor 1937c, p. 165. — Silva 1956, p. 46. 

 Type: Holotype d% macropterous; Bahia, Brazil; Drake Coll. (USNM). 

 Distribution: Brazil. 

 Host Plant: Arrabidaea sp. 



*Planibyrsa splendida (Drake) 



Leptobyrsa splendida Drake 1922c, p. 374, fig. 2a [Brazil]. 



Planibyrsa spendida [sic]: Drake and Poor 1937c, p. 164. 



Planibyrsa splendida: Monte 1940e, p. 287.— Silva 1956, p. 48. 

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

 Distribution: Brazil. 

 Host Plant: Unrecorded. 



Genus PLATYTINGIS Drake 



Platytingis Drake 1925b, p. 107.— Drake and Runoff 1960a, p. 78. 

 Type Species: Platytingis pediades Drake. 



*Platytingis pediades Drake 



Platytingis pediades Drake 1925b, p. 108, fig. [Malagasy]. 

 Type: Holotype d\ macropterous; Imamonto, Madagascar; Drake 

 Coll. (USNM). 

 Distribution: Malagasy Republic; Tanganyika. 

 Host Plant: Unrecorded. 



Genus PLEROCHILA Drake 



Plerochila Drake 1954c, p. 69.— Drake and Ruhoff 1960a, p. 78. 

 Type Species: Teleonemia australis Distant. 



*Plerochila australis (Distant) 



Teleonemia australis Distant 1904, p. 432, pi. 8, fig. 13 [Cape Province; 



01 ea europea]. 

 Cysteochila (Parada) australis: Horvath 1925a, p. 3. 

 Plerochila australis: Drake 1954c, p. 69 [Mozambique; Transvaal]; 

 1954g, p. 663 [Ethiopia].— Orian 1956, p. 647 [Mauritius]. 

 Type: Sex unknown; Capetown, South Africa; British Mus. 

 Distribution: South Africa (Cape Province; Transvaal); Mozambique; 

 Ethiopia; Mascarene Islands (Mauritius). 

 Host Plant: Olea europea. 



