REVISIONS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN MOTHS OF THE SUB- 

 FAMILIES LASPEYRESIINAE AND OLETHREUTINAE 



By Gael Heinrich 

 Of The Bureau of Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture. 



INTRODUCTION 



This paper is a continuation of the revisionary work of the family 

 Olethreutidae, begun in United States National Museum Bulletin 

 123/ and treats of the two remaining subfamilies, Laspeyresiinae 

 and Olethreutinae. It is based chiefly upon the collections of the 

 United States National Museum,^ the American Museum of Natural 

 History, the Canadian Department of Agriculture, and of Dr. 

 William Barnes, of Decatur, 111. In addition I have examined the 

 types of the Museiun of Comparative Zoology and the Philadelphia 

 Academy of Sciences. I have also received considerable material 

 from E. H. Blackmore and Dr. W. T. M. Forbes, and Dr. J. McDun- 

 nough has kindly loaned the genitalia slides of his types. 



The classification here proposed follows that of my revision of 

 the Eucosminae and the method of treatment of genera and species 

 is the same except that characters of the female genitalia are in- 

 cluded and a drawing of these organs given for every species of 

 of which a female could be secured. For those species common to 

 Europe and North America purely European synonymy is omitted. 

 Otherwise generic and specific synonymy is given as fully as possible 

 and, except where so noted in the text, has been verified by com- 

 parison with types or other authentic specimens. In each case the 

 more important systematic references are given; and for species of 

 economic importance, citations to the papers giving the fullest ac- 

 counts of life history, distribution, and control. 



Under the heading Distribution are given (unless otherwise stated 

 in the text) only the localities by States of the specimens which 

 I have examined and which are now in the National, Canadian 



' Revision of ilie Nortli American Moths of the Subfamily Eucosminae of the Family 

 Olethreutidae, by Carl Heinrich, 1923. 



^ Including the Fernald collection recently purchased by the United States Bureau of 

 Entomology and now incorporated in the national collection. 



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