REVISION OF MOTHS OF PRODOXINAE 29 



Tegeticula Zeller 



Tegeticitla Zeller, 1873, p. 232 [type: Tegeticula alba Zeller, 1873, monobasic]; 

 1875, p. 3 10.— Chambers, 1878a, pp. 161, 163 [synonym of Pronuha Riley].— Riley, 

 1881, p. 639; 1891a, p. 97.— Walsingham, 1903, p. 260; 1914, p. 369.— Busck, 

 1915, p. 94. — Barnes and McDunnough, 1917, p. 197. — Forbes, 1923, p. 74.— 

 Braun, 1924; pp. 239, 254.— Forbes, 1928, p. 534.— Fletcher, 1929, p. 217.— 

 McDunnough, 1939, p. 109.— Lindinger, 1941, p. 237.— Busck, 1947, p. 

 182. — Comstock, 1950, p. 599.— Borror and Belong, 1963, p. 432. 



Pronuha Riley, 1872a, p. 444 [type: Pronuha yuccasella Riley, 1872, original 

 designation and monobasic; preocc, not Thomson I860]; 1872b, p. 182; 1873b, 

 p. 150; 1873a, p. 55.— Chambers, 1878a, p. 161; 1878b, pp. 141-154.— Riley, 

 1880a, pp. 141-144; 1880b, pp. 155, 156.— Chambers, 1880b, p. 177.— Riley, 

 1880d, p. 177; 1880e, p. 182; 1881, pp. 618, 623, 625-629, 637, 639 [Pronuha 

 preocc.]; 1883a, p. 197; 1883b, p. 467; 1889a, p. 150; 1891a, p. 97; 1892a, pp. 

 137 ff.; 1892b, pp. 83 ff.; 1892c, p. 360; 1893a, pp. 43 ff.— Trelease, 1893, pp. 

 181, 187, 192, 193, 197, 207-208, 211-212, 217, 218, 220-223.— Sharp, 1899, 

 p. 433.— Dyar, 1902 [1903], p. 577; 1903b, p. 102.— Kearfott, 1903, p. 124.— 

 Walsingham, 1903, p. 260 [synonym of Tegeticula]. — Holland, 1905, p. 441. — 

 Walsingham, 1914, p. 369 [synonym of Tegeticula]. — Busck, 1915, p. 94 [syn- 

 onym of Tegeticula]. — Barnes and McDunnough, 1917, p. 197 [synonym of 

 Tegeticula].— Bvsinn, 1919, pp. 356, 362, 363.— Forbes, 1923, p. 74 [synonym of 

 Tegeticula]. — Handlirsch, 1925, p. 876. — Fletcher, 1929, p. 185 [synonym 

 of Tegeticula]. — McDunnough, 1939, p. 109 [synonym of Tegeticula]. — 

 Lindinger, 1941, p. 237 [synonym of Tegeticula]. — Busck, 1947, p. 182 [syn- 

 onym of Tegeticula]. 



Promiba [sic] Kirby, 1874, pp. 380, 494 [misspelling of Pronuha Riley]. — Walsing- 

 ham, 1914, p. 369. 



Thia Hy. Edwards, 1888, p. 181 [type: Thia extranea Edwards monobasic; preocc; 

 not Thia Leach 1815, Thia Oken 1815, Thia Newman 1840].— Dyar, 1893, 

 p. 301 [preocc; synonym of Tlielethia]. — Meyrick, 1913, p. 29 [preocc; syn- 

 onym of Thelethia]. — Busck, 1947, p. 182 [synonym of Tegeticula]. 



Thelethia Dyar, 1893, p. 301 [type: Thia extranea Hy. Edwards, original desig- 

 nation and monobasic]; 1902 [1903], p. 495.— Meyrick, 1913, p. 29.— Busck. 

 1947, p. 182 [synonym of Tegeticula]. 



Valentinia Coolidge, 1909, p. 112 [type: Tegeticula yuccasella Riley, 1872, desig- 

 nated by Fletcher, 1929; preocc; not Walsingham, 1907].— Forbes, 1923, p. 74 

 [preocc; synonym of Tegeticula].— ¥\eic\\ev, 1929, p. 235 [preocc; synonym 

 of Tegeticula]. — Busck, 1947, p. 182 [synonym of Tegeticula]. 



Type ^v^crn^.— Tegeticula alba Zeller, 1873 {=Pronuha yucca- 

 sella Riley, 1872a), monobasic. 



Adult.— Relatively robust, hea^^ bodied moths; wiiig expanse 

 15-33 mm. 



Head (fig. 40) : Eyes small, vertical diameter less than width of 

 frons. Tongue prominent, exceeding length of maxillary palpi. 

 Mandibles relatively prominent. Maxillary palpus 5-segmented; 

 fourth segment doublmg the thii'd in length; apical segment minute, 

 apex acute; maxillary tentacle normally arising from basal segment 

 (fig. 50) in female, rarely reduced or absent; basal segment of maxillary 

 palpus unmodified in male (fig. 52). Labial palpus 3-segmented; 

 apical segment short, with a small, terminal sensory gland. 



