NO. 3547 NEARCTIC GELECHIIDAE — HODGES 39 



BASED ON FEMALE GENITALIA 



1. Sclerotized portion of ductus bursae seven times width of ostium bursae; same 



region longer than apophyses anteriores diversella (Busck) 



Sclerotized portion of ductus bursae one and two-thirds width of ostium 

 bursae; same region shorter than apophyses anteriores. 



tenuicornis Clarke 



Aria tenuicornis Clarke 



Figures 36, 89, 90, 152, 211, 212 

 Aria tenuicornis Clarke, 1942, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vol. 92, p. 269. 



Maculation: as in figure 36. Head: tongue mixed gray white and 

 brown; maxillary palpus gray white, apex brown; outer surface of 

 first segment of labial palpus pale brown, scale bases gray white, 

 inner surface oflF white, second and third segments mixed brown and 

 gray white; dorsal surface of antenna greasy brown, ventral surface 

 ocher in male, alternating bands of greasy brown and ocher in female; 

 frons, vertex, and occiput mixed gray white and pale brown. Thorax: 

 light brown, scale bases pale. Forewing: most scales brown tipped, 

 gray white basally, some scales buff tipped. Hindwing: fuscous, 

 ciha gray buff. Prothoracic leg: coxa mixed gray white and brown; 

 femur, tibia, and tarsus brown (scale bases gray white) a few gray 

 white scales on dorsal surface of tibia at base of epiphysis, apex of 

 tibia, apices of tarsal segments, and base of basitai'sus nearly white. 

 Mesothoracic leg: coxa off white; femur, tibia, and tarsus mixed 

 broMTi and gray white, apices of tibia and tarsal segments and base 

 of basitarsus off white. Metathoracic leg: coxa off white, several 

 scales gray white; trochanter, femur, tibia, and tarsus mixed gray 

 white and pale brown; dorsal tibial tuft off white; base and apex of 

 basitarsus and apices of segments two through four off white. Abdo- 

 men: dorsal surface mottled gray white and pale brown. Alar 

 expanse: 18.0-22.5 mm. Male genitaUa: as in figures 89 and 90 

 (RWH slide 3226). Female genitaha: as in figure 152 (RWH slide 

 3154). 



Food plant: Unknown. 



Type: Male, USNM. 



Specimens examined: 



California: The Geysers, Sonoma Co., ScT 8 9 , June 3, 21, 1938, E. C. Johns- 

 ton (RWH wing slide 58), CNC, USNM; Lytle Creek, 1 ? , May 18, 1936, Sperry 

 (RWH slide 3152), USNM; Scott's Valley, Lake Co., 2?, June 17-19, 1871, 

 Walsingham, BMNH; Shasta Retreat, Siskiyou Co., 3cf, 4?, June 16-23 

 (AB slides Feb. 14, 1933 and Sept. 4, 1936; JFGC slide 3768; RWH sHde 2613), 

 USNM; Yosemite Valley, Ic?, July 1925, E. H. Nast, CAS. Washington: 

 Brooks Mem. Park, Klickitat Co., 2cf, May 30, 1949, E. C. Johnston, CNC; 

 Kusshi Canyon, Yakima Co., 2d', May 28, 1949, E. C. Johnston, CNC; Satus 



