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FAMILY ALUCITIDAE 



Pbahicnac alucitac Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. ed. X, I, 542, 1758 (in part). 



Ri[iidophorae Huebner, Tentamen, 1806. 



Ptcrophorites Latreille, Consid. Gen. 370, 1810 (in part). 



Aluciladac Samouelle, Ent. Comp. 255, 1819 (in part). 



Ahicitae Huebner, Verz. bek. Sclimett. 428, 1825 (in part, Multifidae). 



Alucitidac Stephens, Cat. Brit. Ins. II, 229, 1829 (in part). 



Westwood, Mod. Class. Ins. II, 413, 1840 (in part). 

 Alucitina Zeller, Isis X, 865, 1841. 



Wallengren, Skand. Fjad. 1859. 



Tutt, Pter. Brit. 155, 1896. 

 Orncoditcs Duponchel, Cat. Meth. 384, 1845. 

 Onicodidae Meyrick, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 483, 1890. 



Fernald, Smith's List Lep. N. A. 88, 1891. 



Meyrick, Handbook 441, 1895. 



Fernald, Pter. N. A. 61, 1898. 



Id., Bull. 52 U. S. N. M. 448, 1902. 



Meyrick, Gen. Ins. CVIII, 1910. 



Id., Wagner's Lep. Cat. pars 17, 40, 1913. 



Fracker, Class, Lep. Larvae 94, 1915. 



Barnes & McDunnough, Check List 152, 1917. 

 Ocelli present. Proboscis well developed. Maxillary palpi not developed 

 in our species. Labial palpi strong. Both primaries and secondaries deeply 

 cleft into six "feathers" each. One vein runs to the tip of each lobe. In 

 the primaries we regard these as R„, R., M.,, Cu^, Cu^, and A. S C and R, are 

 also present, but short. In the secondaries the veins are probably Rj, R., M^, 

 Cu , Cu., and A. S C is present but short. The under surface of the second- 

 aries lacks the black scales which occur in the Pterophoridae, and the legs are 

 of normal length; spurs as in Ptcrophoridac. 



The family includes four genera, of which only one is represented in our 

 fauna. 



Genus Alucita Linnaeus 

 Logotype Alucita hcxadactyla Linn. 



Alucita. Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. Ed. X, I, 542, 1758. 



Curtis, Brit. Ent., Lep. II, 695, 1838. Fixes type. 



Wallengren, Skand. Fjad. 23, 1859. 



Tutt, Pter. Brit. 157, 1896. 

 Oriicodcs Latreille, Precis Car. Ins. 148, 1796. Logotype hcxadactyla. 



Id., Consid. Gen. 442, 1810. Fixes type. 



Meyrick, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 490, 1890. 



Fernald, Smith's List Lep. N. A. 88, 1891. 



