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2. maculata maculata (Riley) 

 apicella (Dyar) 



maculata extranea (Hy. Edwards) 

 aterrima (Trelease) 



3. yuccasella (Riley) 

 alba Zeller 

 intermedia (Riley) 

 mexicana Bastida 



2. Parategeticula Davis 



4. pollenifera Davis 



3. Prodoxus Riley 



5. quinquepunctellus (Chambers) 

 paradoxicus (Chambers) 

 decipiens Riley 



6. y-inversus Riley 



7. coloradensis Riley 

 lautus Cockerell 

 confluens Cockerell 

 rheumapterellus (Dietz) 



8. ochrocarus Davis 



9. intricatus Riley 



10. sordidus Riley 



11. marginatus Riley 



12. pulverulentus Riley 



13. cinereus Riley 



14. aenescens Riley 



4. Mesepiola Davis 



15. specca Davis 



5. Agavenema Davis 



16. barberella (Busck) 



17. pallida Davis 



Subfamily Prodoxinae 



Adult. — ^ledium to small moths; wing expanse ranging from 8 to 

 33 mm. 



Head: Vestm-e rough, scales hairlike (figs. 31-32). Antennae 

 simple in both sexes, approximately one-half the length of forewing; 

 scape with pecten absent; basal haK typically covered with appressed 

 scales; apical haK without scales, usually darker in color, pubescent. 

 Eyes medium to large size; oceUi absent. Chaetosema absent. 

 Tongue reduced, not coiled in repose; the two portions (galeae) free 

 and not appressed to form a single sucking tube; food channel rudi- 

 mentary. Mandibles present but greatly reduced. Maxillary palpi 

 folded against face, very long, two-thirds or more the length of tongue, 

 usually 5-segmented but reduced to 4 in Parategeticula; females of 

 Tegeticula and Parategeticula with a specialized and a very flexible 

 "tentacle" originating near apex of basal palpal segment; maxillary 

 tentacles absent in females of other genera and in all males. Labial 

 palpi porrect, usually 3-segmented, reduced to 2 segments in Parate- 



