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*Pleseobyrsa plicata (Champion) 



Leptobyrsa plicata Champion 1897, p. 26, pi. 2, fig. 15 [Panama]. — 



Swezey 1945, p. 372 [Costa Rica]. 

 Pleseobyrsa plicata: Drake and Poor 1937c, p. 165. — Monte 1940e, 



p. 286 [Venezuela]. 

 Pleseobyrsa parana Drake and Hambleton 1944a, p. 95 [Brazil]. 

 Type: Sex unknown; Bugaba, Panama; British Mus. 

 Distribution: Panama; Venezuela; Brazil; Costa Rica. 

 Host Plant: Unrecorded. 



Note: Intercepted on Cattleya dowiana aurea from Costa Rica at port-of- 

 entry, Washington, D.C. [Swezey]. 



Genus PLIOBYRSA Drake and Hambleton 



Pliobyrsa Drake and Hambleton 1946b, p. 123. — Drake and Ruhoff 

 1960a, p. 79. 

 Type Species: Leptopharsa inflexa Drake and Hambleton. 



*Pliobyrsa adversa (Drake and Hambleton) 



Leptopharsa adversa Drake and Hambleton 1938a, p. 60, fig. 10 [Brazil; 



Ocotea].— Monte 1941e, p. 108. 

 Pleseobyrsa adversa: Monte 1940e, p. 286. 

 Pliobyrsa adversa: Drake and Hambleton 1946b, p. 123. 

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

 (USNM). 

 Distribution: Brazil. 

 Host Plant: Ocotea sp. 



*Pliobyrsa inflexa (Drake and Hambleton) 



Leptopharsa inflexa Drake and Hambleton 1938b, p. 54, fig. 1 [Brazil; 



Ocotea lanata]. — Monte 1941 e, p. 113. 

 Pliobyrsa inflata [sic]: Drake and Hambleton 1946b, p. 123. 

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

 (USNM). 

 Distribution : Brazil. 

 Host Plant: Ocotea lanata. 



*Pliobyrsa lateris Drake and Hambleton 



Pliobyrsa lateris Drake and Hambleton 1946b, p. 124 [Guatemala]. 



Type: Holotype o", macropterous; Mazatenango, Guatemala; Drake Coll. 

 (USNM). 



Distribution: Guatemala. 



Host Plant: Unrecorded. 



