NO. 3547 NEARCTIC GELECHIIDAE — HODGES H 



membrane and cilia fuscous, Prothoracic leg: coxa brown mixed Avith 

 white on mesal surface, white on outer surface; femur white mixed 

 with brown, mesal surface darker than lateral; tibia brown with white 

 scales basally and apicaUy; tarsus brown, white on base and apex of 

 first segment and apex of second. Mesothoracic leg: similar to 

 prothoracic leg, tibia with more white scales. Metathoracic leg: coxa 

 and femur white with some brown scales; tibia brown laterally with 

 dusting of white basally, a white fascia at one-half, white apically, 

 dorsal tuft white to pale buff; tarsus white with apices of first through 

 third segments white, base of first segment white. Abdomen: brown 

 and buff dorsally, mainly white ventraUy. Alar expanse: 12.5-17.0 

 mm. Male genitalia: as in figure 66 (RWH slide 2563). Female 

 genitalia: as in figure 136 (RWH slide 2555). 



Food plant: Calluna, Erica, Vaccinium (Ericaceae). These are 

 European records. L. virgella has not been reared in the Nearctic 

 Region. 



Types: virgella, lectotype, present designation, male, bearing 

 following label: lectotype, male, Tinea virgella Thunberg, by R. W. 

 Hodges, in Thunberg Collection, Uppsala, Sweden; longicornis, lecto- 

 type, present designation, female, bearing following labels: female 

 genitalia slide 3586 R. W. Hodges, lectotype, female, Anacampsis 

 longicornis Curtis, by R. W. Hodges 1965, National Museum of 

 Victoria, Melbourne, Australia; histrionella, lost; zehrella, Hungarian 

 National Museum, Budapest, Hungary; alternella, female, USNM; 

 petulans, male, CNC. 



Specimens examined : 



UNITED STATES: Alaska: White Horse, 2 cf , 2 9, May 30, 31, 1916, 

 USNM. California: Deer Park Springs, Lake Tahoe, 1 ?, June 24-30, L ACM; 

 Mineral King, Tulare Co., 1 9 , July 8-15, CAS; Mt. Shasta, Siskiyou Co., 6 d", 

 29, Aug. 2 through Sept. 1, 1871, Walsingham, BMNH; Mt. Shasta, 7000 ft., 

 1 9 , July 7-24, LACM; Mt. Shasta, 1 9 , July 16-23, USNM; Panther Meadow, 

 Mt. Shasta, 3cf , July 14, 1962, J. Powell, UCB; Ski Bowl, 14 road mi. E Shasta 

 City, 7800 ft., Siskiyou Co., 2d^, 3 9 , July 23, 1962, Rentz and MacNeill, CAS. 

 Colorado: Chimney Gulch, Golden, 4 d", Apr. 14, 1908, Oslar, USNM; Denver, 

 S. Park, 19, USNM; Dream Lake, Rocky Mt. N. P., Id', Aug. 1, 1929, A. F. 

 Braun, AFB; Hall Valley, Arctic Alpine zone, 11500-12500 ft.. Park Co., 1 cf , 

 July 13-15, 1935, A. B. Klots, AMNH; Loveland, Id", July 1891, Smith, BMNH. 

 Montana: Glacier Nat. Park, 1 9 , July 28, 1928, A. F. Braun, AFB. Oregon: 

 Red Top Mountain, 6000 ft., Klamath Co., Id', 19, July 7, 1955, J. F. G. 

 Clarke, USNM; Skyline Ridge, Mt. Baker District, Id', Aug. 27, 1932, J. F. 

 Clarke, CU; Strawberry Lake, Malheur Nat. Forest, 7000 ft., 1 9 , July 13, 1955, 

 J. F. G. Clarke, USNM. Utah: Mirror Lake, Uintah Mts., Duchesne Co., 

 Id', July 12, 1936, Klots, AMNH. Washington: Marten Lake, Whatcom 

 Co., 19, Aug. 15, 1931, J. F. G. Clarke, USNM; Skyline Ridge, Mt. Baker 

 Dist., 5d', 19, Aug. 25, 27, 1932, J. F. G. Clarke, USNM; Slate Peak, 7200 ft., 

 Okanogan Co., 5d', July 28, 1962, J. F. G. Clarke, USNM; Table Mt., Whatcom 

 Co., 2 0^, Aug. 28, 1927, J. F. G. Clarke, USNM. Wyoming: University of 



