NO. 3547 NEARCTIC GELECHIIDAE — HODGES 47 



Head: smooth scaled; tongue moderate, scaled to one-third or 

 one-half length ; maxillary palpus porrect to drooping, somewhat folded 

 over base of tongue; labial palpus recurved, slender, second and third 

 segments subequal in length; antenna with pecten absent, two-thirds 

 to three-fourths length of forewing, simple. Forewing: broadly 

 lanceolate; 12 veins present; 2, 3, 4, and 5 equidistant, subparallel; 

 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa. Hindwing: subquadrate, apex strongly 

 produced, outer margin indented between 5 and 6; 6 and 7 stalked, 

 6 to outer margin; Ri showing as cross vein between Sc and Rs. Male 

 genitaMa: valva with one costal lobe; juxta fused with vinculum 

 basally, lobes separate, stout setae present near inner margin on distal 

 half; saccus moderate; aedeagus somewhat globose basally; tegumen 

 broad; spined culcitula present; gnathos a strong hook. Female 

 genitalia: ductus bursae long; corpus bursae with a single signum; 

 ostium bursae on eighth sternum, eighth sternum usually with medial 

 folds with numerous fine spines; apophyses posteriores much longer 

 than apophyses anteriores. 



Walsingham proposed Eudectylota for harherella (Busck). Later 

 authors have treated the genus as a synonym of Neodactylota; however, 

 the two are distinct on characters of facies, wing shape, venation, and 

 male genitaUa as is indicated under Neodactylota. 



Stomopteryx iobapta Meyrick is transferred to Eudactylota, and two 

 new species are described bringing the number of known species to 

 four. Nothing is known of the hfe history of any species, and very 

 Uttle is known of their distribution. 



Key to Species of Eudactylota 



BASED ON MACULATION 



1. Anterior surface of third segment of labial palpus with a white line .... 2 

 Anterior surface of third segment of labial palpus without a white line. 



barberella (Busck) 



2. Second segment of labial palpus with interior ventral margin white, ventral 



margin black diadota, new species 



Ventral margin of second segment of labial palpus with mixed black and white 

 scales 3 



3. Outer, apical metathoracic tibial spur white basally, gray black distally 



(usually); pinkish white fascia on forewing relatively narrow, confined 

 apically, buff streaks along costal and outer margins absent or faint. 



iobapta (Meyrick) 



Outer, apical metathoracic tibial spur white basally and distally, gray black 



medially; pinkish white fascia on forewing relatively broad, gradually 



darkening to apex; buff streaks along costal and outer margins prominent. 



abstemia, new species 



