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lb. Forewing fuscous or nearly so. 



2a. Forewing black (fig. 85), densely scaled; abdomen normal, round in cross 



section T. maculata extranea 



2b. Forewing light to dark fuscous (figs. 82-83), sometimes with a scattering of 

 greyish white scales; thinly scaled; abdomen depressed. . T. synthetics 



Tegeticula synthetica (Riley) 



Figures 29, 82-83, 105, 116, 131, 151; Map 3 



Pronuba synthetica Riley, 1892a, pp. 141 ff., pi. 41, figs. 1-2, pi. 42, fig. 1; 1892b' 

 p. 94; 1892c, pp. 370, 372; 1892d, pp. 305, 307, 308, fig. 14a; 1892e, p. 312, 

 figs. 15-17, 1893a, pp. 46, 53; 1893b, pp. 304, 310.— Trelease, 1893, pp. 

 181, 196-198, 222, pi. 21, figs. 3-5.— Sharp, 1899, pp. 432, 433, fig. 208.— 

 Dyar, 1902 [1903], p. 577, no. 6576 [synonym of Pronuba paradoxa]; 1903b, 

 p. 103 [synonym of Pronuba paradoxal — Handhrsch, 1925, p. 876, fig. 7G3. 



Tegeticula STjnthetica (Riley). — Barnes and McDunnough, 1917, p. 197, no. 8474 

 [synonym of Tegeticula paradoxa]. — McDunnough, 1939, no. 9837 [synonym 

 of Tegeticula paradoxa]. — Busck, 1947, p. 183 [synonym of Tegeticula 

 paradoxa]. 



Pronuba paradoxa Riley, 1889a, p. 154 [nomen nudum]; 1889b, p. 372 [nomen 

 nudum]; 1891a, no. 5181 [nomen nudum]. — Trelease, 1893, p. 196 [synonym 

 of Pronuba synthetica].— Dyar, 1902 [1903], no. 6576; 1903b, p. 103.— Kear- 

 fott, 1903, no. 7115. — Barnes and McDunnough, 1917, p. 197, no. 8474.— 

 McDunnough, 1939, no. 9837.— Busck, 1947, p. 183. 



Adult (figs. 82-83). — Entire body depressed, thinly scaled, usually 

 appearing very dark due to darkness of exposed cuticula. Wing 

 expanse: male, 17-20 mm; female, 17-21 mm. 



Head : Sparsely covered with whitish to light brown scales. Maxil- 

 lary tentacles fully developed in all females examined. Labial palpi 

 usually thinly covered with a few brownish hairs. 



Thorax: Sparsely covered with small whitish scales, dorsum 

 frequently lacking in vesture. Forewings likewise thinly covered with 

 small, narrow, loosely attached scales; females normally lighter in 

 color than males, due to heavier covering of whitish scales; wing 

 scales of male almost entirely fuscous ; fringe reduced in length, usually 

 paler than rest of wing. Secondaries similar to foremngs in color 

 and scaling, appearing lighter in color if more rubbed; fringe usually 

 white. 



Abdomen: Fuscous to light brown above, whitish below; seventh 

 tergite of female (fig. 116) broadly triangular, without an uncinate 

 process. 



Male genitalia (fig. 105). — Apex of tegumen with two rounded, 

 setigerous lobes. Outer half of valves deeply divided into two, 

 ventrally projecting, digitate lobes; outer lobe strongly curved, with 

 0-3 stout, apical spines; inner lobe relatively straight, with 3-6 stout 

 spines concentrated toward apex. Saccus moderately developed. 



Female genitalia (figs. 131, 151).— Dorsal ridge of ovipositor 

 slightly raised; serrations very minute, exceeding 30 in number; apex 



