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Pontanus gibbiferus (Walker) 



Monanthia gibbifera Walker 1873a, p. 197 [Australia]. — Lethierry and 



Severin 1896, p. 25. 

 Pontanus gibbiferus: Distant 1902b, p. 354. 

 Type: Sex unknown; Australia; British Mus. 

 Distribution : Australia. 

 Host Plant: Unrecorded. 



*Pontanus puerilis (Drake and Poor) 



Teratochila puerilis Drake and Poor 1936b, p. 147 [India; teak]. — Singh 

 1953, p. 119. 

 Type: Holotype 9, macropterous; Rahatgaon, Hoshangabad, Central 

 Provinces; Drake Coll. (USNM). 

 Distribution: India. 

 Host Plant: Teak. 



Genus PSEUDACYSTA Blatchley 



Pseudacysta Blatchley 1926, p. 497.— Hurd 1946, p. 459.— Drake and 

 Ruhoff 1960a, p. 80. 

 Type Species: Acysta perseae Heidemann. 



*Pseudacysta perseae (Heidemann) 



Acysta perseae Heidemann 1908, p. 103, pi. 4, figs, a-c [Fla.; La.; Persea 



carolinensis; Persea gratissima; Camphor a officinalis]. — Barber 1914, p. 



507.— Van Duzee 1917b, p. 223.— Moznette 1922, p. 17, figs. 12, 13. 



Pseudacysta persea [sic]: Blatchley 1926, p. 497, fig. 120. — Gibson and 



Carrillo 1959, p. 19. 

 Pseudacysta perseae: Hurd 1946, p. 459 [Tex.; Mexico]. 

 Type: Holotype cf, macropterous; Miami, Florida, U.S.; USNM. 

 Distribution: U.S. (Fla.; La.; Tex.); Mexico. 



Host Plants: Comphora officinalis; Persea carolinensis; Persea gratissima. 

 Note: Life history study [Heidemann]. 



Genus PSILOBYRSA Drake and Hambleton 



Psilobyrsa Drake and Hambleton 1935, p. 148. — Drake and Ruhoff 



1960a, p. 80. 

 Psylobyrsa [sic]: Monte 1941e, p. 129. 

 Type Species: Psilobyrsa aechemeae Drake and Hambleton. 

 *Psilobyrsa aechemeae Drake and Hambleton 



Psilobyrsa aechemeae Drake and Hambleton 1935, p. 149 [Brazil; Aechmea]. 

 Type: Holotype c? , macropterous; S. Vicente, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Drake 

 Coll. (USNM). 

 Distribution: Brazil. 

 Host Plant: Aechmea sp. 



