Proceedings of 

 the United States 

 National Museum 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION • WASHINGTON, D.C. 



Volume 118 1966 Number 3531 



NEOTROPICAL MICROLEPIDOPTERA, VIII ^ 



A REVIEW OF THE GENUS FALCULINA 



WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES 



(LEPIDOPTERA: STENOMIDAE) 



By W. Donald Duckworth 



Associate Curator, Division of Lepidoptera 



This paper represents part of a continuing study of the Neotropical 

 moths of the family Stenomidae and presents for the first time, since 

 the genus Falculina Zeller was established in 1877, illustrations, 

 descriptions, and keys to all the known species. In addition, during 

 the course of the study, two new species were encountered and are 

 described herein. 



Although the genus Falculina is composed of moderate-sized and 

 rather strikingly marked moths, it is rare in collections. As a result, 

 information concerning distribution is fragmentary and that con- 

 cerning host plants and biology completely lacking. It is hoped that 



1 Prepared with the aid of a National Science Foundation Grant. Previous parts 

 of this same series are: I and II, Clarke, 1962, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vol. 113, 

 no. 3457, pp. 373-388; III, Clarke, 1964, ibid., vol. 115, no. 3480, pp. 61-84; IV, 

 Duckworth, 1964, ibid., vol. 116, no. 3497, pp. 97-114; V, Obraztsov, 1964, ibid., 

 vol. 116, no. 3501, pp. 183-196; VI, Clarke, 1964, ibid., vol. 116, no. 3502, pp. 197- 

 204; VII, Obraztsov, 1965, ibid., vol. 118, no. 3527, pp. 221-232. 



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