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4b. Dorsum of thorax normally with a dark median stripe; markings of 



forewing variable, usually with a Y-shaped band (not inverted) on 



outer half (fig. 67) ; dorsal ridge of ovipositor less produced (fig. 139), 



more coarsely serrated, with usually 20-25 teeth . P. coloradensis 



3b. Forewing without transverse median bands; genitalia with apex of 



tegumen simple, cucuUus without spines. 



4a. Forewing immaculate except for a dark border along outer margin, 



which is typically reduced in the males to a dark apical blotch 



(figs. 72, 73) P. marginatus 



4b. Outer half of forewing densely irrorated with fuscous (fig. 74). 



P. pulverulentus 



lb. Forewing not white, either brownish or fuscous, sometimes with large, 



yellowish spots. 



2a. Forewing dark fuscous, usually with 5-7 pale yellowish spots; male 



genitalia with apex of tegumen bilobed, cucullus spined (fig. 96) ; female 



genitalia with signa present or absent. 



3a. Forewing with either 6 or 7 spots present (figs. 68, 69); female with 



signa absent P. intricatus 



3b. Forewing with 5 or fewer spots present (fig. 70) ; female with signa 



paired, well developed, stellate (fig. 121) P. ochrocarus 



2b. Forewing unicolorous, brownish or fuscous; male genitalia with apex of 

 tegumen simple, cucullus without spines; female with signa present but 

 reduced. 

 3a. Forewing fuscous; hindwing lighter in color, semitransparent, thinly 



scaled, scales hairlike P. aenescens 



3b. Forewing light to medium brown; hindwing as dark or darker than 

 forewing, opaque, densely covered with broad scales . P. cinereus 



Prodoxus quinquepunctellus (Chambers) 



Figures 21, 28, 42, 47, 51, 54, 55, 60, 61, 92, 118, 137; Map 8 



Hyponomeuta [sic] 5-punctella Chambers, 1875, p. 7. — Riley, 1877, p. 569. — Cham- 

 bers, 1878b, pp. 142-154, figs. 1-2. 



Prodoxus 5-punctella [sic] (Chambers). — Riley, 1880a, pp. 143, 144 [synonym 

 of Prodoxus decipiens]; 1880b, p. 155; 1880d, p. 177.— Chambers, 1880b, 

 p. 177. 



Prodoxus quinquepunctella [sic] (Chambers). — Riley, 1891a, p. 97, no. 5182 

 [synonym of Prodoxus decipiens]. — Dyar, 1902 [1903], no. 6564. — Kearfott, 

 1903, no. 7102.— Holland, 1905, p. 438, fig. 255.— Forbes, 1923, p. 74, fig. 

 44.— Eyer, 1924, p. 309.— Fracker, 1930, p. 61.— Brimley, 1938, p. 313.— 

 Peterson, 1956, p. 226, pi. L 58, figs. F, G. 



Prodoxus quinquepunctellus (Chambers). — Dyar, 1903b, p. 103. — Mosher, 1916, 

 p. 46, figs. 26-27a.— Barnes and McDunnough, 1917, p. 197, no. 8460.— 

 Braun, 1919, p. 366, pi. 29, figs. 2, 3, 6; p. 238, pi. 23, fig. 4.— Eyer, 1924, 

 p. 326, pi. 29, fig. 4.— Braun, 1933, pp. 230, 233, pi. 12, figs. 1-2.— Mc- 

 Dunnough, 1939, no. 9823.— Busck, 1947, p. 183.— Webber, 1953, p. 65. 



Tegeticula quinquepunctella (Chambers). — Walsingham, 1914, p. 370. 



Hyponomeuta [sic] paradoxica Chambers, 1878b, p. 149. — Riley, 1881, p. 639 

 [synonym of Prodoxus decipiens]. 



Prodoxus paradoxica [sic] (Chambers), 1880b, p. 177. — Riley, 1891a, p. 97, no. 

 5182 [synonym of Prodoxus decipiens]. — Dyar, 1902 [1903], no. 6564 [synonym 

 of Prodoxus quinquepunctellus]. — Holland, 1905, p. 438 [synonym of Prodoxus 

 quinquepunctellus]. — Barnes and McDunnough, 1917, p. 197, no. 8460, 



