REVISION OF PEORIENAE AND ANERASTIINAE 49 



Atascosa glareosella (Zeller) 



FiC4URES 26, 54, 91, 126, 163 



Anerastia glareosella Zeller, 1872, pp. 553-554. 



Saluria glareosella (Zeller). — Ragonot, 1889, p. 117. — Hulst, 1890, pp. 211- 



212. — Smith, 1891, p. 85. — Hampson, 1918, pp. 95-96. 

 Atascosa bicolorella Hulst, 1890, pp. 210, 227. — Smith, 1891, p. 85. — Rindge, 



1955, p. 158. 

 Maricopa albocostella Hulst, 1900, p. 176 [described in Phycitinae]; 1902, p. 



438. — Rindge, 1955, p. 157. — Heinrich, 1956, p. 316 [transferred to Aner- 



astiinae]. [New synonymy.] 

 Poiijadia glareosella (Zeller). — Ragonot, 1901, pp. 345-346. — Barnes and 



McDunnough, 1917, p. 149. — Forbes, 1923, p. 638. — McDunnough, 



1939, p. 36. 

 Atascosa glareosella (Zeller). — Hulst, 1902, p. 438. 



Valdiva albocostella (Hulst). — Barnes and McDunnough, 1917, p. 148. — Mc- 

 Dunnough, 1939, p. 34. 



Diagnosis. — This is the only known species in the genus. 



Description. — Frons dark brown, with red posterodorsal patch; 

 labial palpi with basal segments white, second and third segments 

 dark brown on outer sides, ventrally white sprinkled with red; anten- 

 nae with scapes white on outer sides, mixture of red and brown on 

 inner sides, shaft light brown; vertex and occiput brown, lighter 

 dorsally; patagia, tegulae, a,nd dorsum of thorax dark brown, usually 

 sprinkled with red. 



Forewing with white costal band extending posterior to middle of 

 cell, narrowing to point at apex, sprinkled with grayish red, grayish- 

 red basal dash; white band bordered posteriorly by dark brown band, 

 mixture of grayish red and dark brown distal to cell; posterior of 

 grayish red and dark brown distal to cell; posterior third of wing 

 grayish red sprinkled with brown; transverse posterior band dark 

 brown; discoceUular traced with dark brown, forming discal spot; 

 fringe brown, with three white lines. Hindwing Hght brown, darker 

 toward apex. 



Genitalia as described for the genus. 



Types. — A. glareosella, in the British Museum (Natural History), 

 (from Zeller collection); A. hicolorella and M. albocostella, in the 

 American Museum of Natural History. 



Type data. — A. glareosella, lectotype female, hereby designated, 

 labeled as follows: "Type; 15/8; Bosque Co. Texas; Zell. Coll. 1884.; 

 Anerastia glareosella Z. N.A.I. 553 [green label in Zeller's handwrit- 

 ing]; 9 genitalia slide 1-4-1967 J. Shaffer No. 709." 



A. hicolorella, lectotype male, hereby designated, Blanco County, 

 central Texas, August, collection G. D. Hulst; genitalia slide No. 

 3222, Carl Hemrich, June 14, 1947. 



