Proceedings of 

 the United States 

 National Museum ^^5^^^^ 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION • WASHINGTON, D.C. 



Volume 119 1966 Number 3543 



NEOTROPICAL MICROLEPIDOPTERA, XI ^ 



REVISION OF GENUS IDOLATTERIA 

 (LEPIDOPTERA: TORTRICIDAE) 



By Nicholas S. Obraztsov 



The genus Idolatteria Walsingham is endemic to the Neotropical 

 region, and includes, as far as known, few species. They are poorly 

 represented in the collections, and the material available for the 

 present study amounted to only 15 specimens consisting of eight 

 species, three of which were new. No ecological information is 

 known concerning this genus; thus, it is not known whether the moths 



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, 1966, ibid., vol. 118, no. 3527, pp. 221-232; VIII 

 Duckworth, 1966, ibid., vol. 118, no. 3531, pp. 391-404; IX, Obraztsov, 1966 

 ibid., vol. 118, no. 3535, pp. 577-622; X, Duckworth, 1966, ibid., vol. 119, no 

 3540, pp. 1-6. 



» Deceased May 6, 1966. 



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