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22. Astala confederata (Grote and Robinson), new combination 



Figures 20, 81, 160, 178, 211, 264, 264a, 305, 336, 375; Map 4 



Psyche confederata Grote and Robinson, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 2, p. 191, 



1868.— Kirby, Cat. Lep. Heter., vol. 1, p. 515, 1892.— Dyar, Ent. 



News, vol. 4, p. 321, 1893. — Neumoegen and Dyar, Journ. N.Y. Ent. Soc, 



vol. 2, p. 119, 1894. 

 Eurijcyttarus confederata (Grote and Robinson) Dyar, U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull 52, 



no. 4068, 1902 [1903].— Holland, Moth Book, p. 363, pi. 41, fig. 8, 1905. 



— Forbes, Cornell Univ. Agric. Exp. Sta. Mem. 68, p. 144, fig. 102, 1923; 



in Leonard, Cornell Univ. Agric. Exp. Sta. Mem. 101, p. 539, 1928. 



— Gaede in Seitz, Macrolep. World, vol. 6, p. 1179, pi. 169b, 1936. 

 Pachytelia [sic] confederata (Grote and Robinson) Dyar, Insec. Inscit. Menst., 



vol. 11, p. 2, 1923. 

 Eurukuttarus confederata (Grote and Robinson) Jones and Parks, Tex. Agric. 



Exp. Sta. Bull. 382, p. 29, figs. 15, 21, 1928.— Dalla Torre and Strand 



Lep. Cat., pars 34, p. 131, 1929. — McDunnough, Check List Lep. Canada 



and USA, pt. 2, no. 9526, 1939.— Vazquez, in Mem. Congr. Cient. Mex., 



Vll-Cienc. Biol., pp. 330, 334, 335, 336, 338, figs. 6a,b, 1953. 

 Pachythelia lepidopteris Dyar, Insec. Inscit. Menst., vol. 14, p. 146, 1926 (new 



synonymy). — Dalla Torre and Strand, Lep. Cat., pars 34, p. 161, 1929. — 



Gaede in Seitz, Macrolep. World, vol. 6, p. 1180, 1936. 



Male. — (Fig. 20.) Body and wings dark fuscous. Body with 

 somewhat sparse covering of hairs. Antennae (fig. 375) 22- to 24- 

 segmented. Abdomen reaching to hindmargin of secondaries. 



Wings closely scaled; discal scales (fig. 336) of fore^ving moderately 

 broad, oblanceolate, apex usually acute. Primaries with spur 1 A often 

 atrophied. Secondaries with oblique crossvein between Sc+Ri, Rs closer 

 to apex of discal cell than in other species; M2 and 3 usually widely 

 separate, rarely connate. Wing expanse 16-20 mm. 



Male genitalia. — (Fig. 264.) As described for genus. Eighth 

 sternite (fig. 211) base sharply flared out. 



Female. — As described for genus. Length 7-10 mm. 



Female genitalia. — (Fig. 305.) 



Case. — (Fig. 81.) Length 15-20 mm.; diameter 4-5 mm. Silk 

 greyish white, heavily covered, interwoven with minute plant frag- 

 ments, characteristically overlaid by many longitudinal pieces of 

 grass culms, other small stems attached firmly anteriorally, diverging 

 somewhat as they project backward, extending usually most of bag 

 length. 



Types. — Lost (Psyche confederata) ; in the LTnited States National 

 Museum (Pachythelia leindoptens) . 



Type locality. — Texas (Psyche confederata) ; Colima, Mexico 

 (Pachythelia lepidojJteris) . 



Recorded hosts. — This species is probably a general grass feeder 

 as the structure of its case indicates. Cases with pupae have been 

 recorded (from specimen labels) on the bark of oaks, apple trees, and 

 Casianea dentata Marsh. 



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