REVISION OF MOTHS OF CARPOSINIDAE H 



4. Tesuquea Klots 



18. hawleyana Klots 

 Unnamed Species 



19. Carposina species no. 1 



20. Carposina species no. 2 



21. Bondia species no. 1 



22. Bondia species no. 2 



Carposinidae 



Adult. — Medium to small, slender bodied moths; coloration 

 typically of a cryptic pattern, ranging in shades of brown to black 

 and occasionally green; wing expanse usually between 10 to 38 mm. 



Head: Front and vertex smooth; occiput rough, with a pair of 

 lateral tufts which converge medially; chaetosema absent. Antennae 

 simple in both sexes, of moderate length, never exceeding three-fourths 

 of forewing; heavily scaled to apex dorsally, pubescent ventrally in 

 female, densely ciliate ventrally in male, length of cilia 2-5 X di- 

 ameter of shaft; pecten absent. Eyes naked, well developed, rounded. 

 Ocelli usually absent, present in a few Old World genera. Mandibles 

 present, minute. Tongue present, relatively weak, usually about 1.5 to 

 2 X the length of labial palpi; maxillary palpi minute, typically one- 

 segmented; segment ovoid, nearly as broad as long. Labial palpi 

 three-segmented, often sexually dimorphic, being more elongate and 

 porrect in female with dorsum of second segment roughened; male 

 with relatively short, subascending palpi; dorsum of second segment 

 usually smooth, venter rough, often strongly tufted; third segment in 

 both sexes much shorter in length, covered by closely appressed scales, 

 and well set off from second segment. 



Thorax: Legs and thorax completely covered by moderately 

 broad, appressed scales. Epiphysis (fig. 72) present on fore tibia; 

 middle tibia wdth two apical spurs; hind tibia with two medial and 

 two apical spurs, dorsum clothed with elongate hairs (fig. 73). Wings 

 relatively broad, tending to be more slender in Tesuquea and in most 

 species of Bondia; dorsal surface of forewing with usually 4-6 raised 

 scale tufts or ridges; all major veins usually present in primaries (vein 

 9 absent in Metrogenes) ; vein 7 (R5) terminating below apex on outer 

 margin; no accessory or intercalary cells present; base of medial vein 

 absent within discal cell; lA lost, 2A forked for a short distance at 

 base, 3A perhaps present as lower branch of fork. Hindwings either 

 6- or 7-veined; vein 5 (M2) absent; 6 (Mi) either lost or faintly present; 

 apex produced, subacute; termen relatively straight, occasionally 

 slightly excavate; hind margin with fringe usually long, sometimes 

 nearly equaling width of hindwing. 



Abdomen: Relatively short in length, posterior end frequently 

 not exceeding fringe of hindwing; abdominal sclerites unmodified. 



313-145 O— 68 2 



