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Chalia pizote Schaus, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., vol. 29, no. 8, p. 185, 1927 (new 

 synonymy). — Gaede in Seitz, Macrolep. World, vol. 6, p. 1178, 1936. 



Oiketicoides pizote (Schaus) Dalla Torre and Strand, Lep. Cat., pars 34, p. 100, 

 1929. 



Oiketicoides tristis Vazquez, Anales Inst. Biol., vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 296-298, figs. 

 1-3, pi. 1, figs. A-C, 1941 (not Schaus, 1901). 



Male. — (Fig. 12.) Antennae 22-24 segmented; pectinations (fig. 

 369) rather stout, blunt, with scattered hairs shghtly appressed, short, 

 approximately equalling in length the diameter of pectinations from 

 which they arise; antennae thus present a somewhat "stubby" appear- 

 ance under low magnification. 



Wings dark to brownish fuscous. Fore wing with R,5 connate or 

 stalked along with R3 and 4; discal scales (fig. 327) mostly elongate, 

 narrowly oblanceolate with sharply acute apices. Secondaries with 

 M2 and M3 usually stalked, occasionally connate. Wing expanse 

 14-18 mm. 



Male genitalia.— (Fig. 253.) Arms of eighth sternite (fig. 200) 

 comparatively shorter than those of C. nigrita. 



Female. — As described for genus; length 9-10 mm. 



Female genitalia. — (Fig. 302.) 



Case. — (Fig. 74.) Length 15-23 mm.; diameter 5-6 mm. The 

 texture of the bag varies according to the nature of the food ; it may 

 be covered with fragTuents of scale insects, bark, fruit rinds, leaves, 

 or it may be comparatively bare. 



Types. — Lost (Platoeceticus gloverii). In the United States Nation- 

 al Museum (M. jonesi and C. pizote) . 



Type locality. — Florida (P. gloverii) ; San Benito, Texas (M. 

 jonesi); Cayuga, Guatemala (G. pizote). 



Recorded HOSTS. — "Coccidae: Pseudaonidia duplex CMV (Clau- 

 sen, 1940). "Coccidae: Washington palm scale; Ebenaceae: Di- 

 ospyros virginiana L. ; Fabaceae: Acacia sp., Prosopis sp.; Fagaceae: 

 Quercus sp.; Juglandaceae : Carya sp.; Lauraceae: Persea gratissima 

 Gaertn." (from specimen labels). "Rutaceae: Citrus aurantium L." 

 (Packard, 1869). "Rosaceae: Crataegus sp." (Barnes and Ben- 

 jamin, 1924). "Liliaceae: F-wcca sp.; Anacardiaceae: Spondias mom- 

 bin L. ; Fabaceae: Erythrina sp.; Myrtaceae: Psidium guajava L. ; 

 Rosaceae: Rosa sp." (Vazquez, 1941). 



Distribution. — (Map 6.) Widely distributed through the Atlan- 

 tic and Gulf Coastal Plain, from South Carohna south to the Central 

 American Ranges of Guatemala and Honduras. 



Discussion. — The short, somewhat appressed, antennal sensory 

 hairs of Cryptothelea gloverii impart to this insect a feature that ap- 

 parently is unique among New World psychids. Chalia pizote differs 

 from C. gloverii in no observable way, and it likewise possesses this 

 characteristic feature of the antennae. 



