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Florida Entomologist 
Official Organ of the Florida Entomological Society 
VOL. VI SPRING NUMBER No. 4 
APRIL, 1923 
THE CRAMBINAE OF FLORIDA* 
GEO. G. AINSLIE 
U. S. Bureau of Entomology, Knoxville, Tennessee 
The following is a list of the moths of the subfamily Crambinae 
so far as they are known to occur in Florida. The records come 
both from published accounts and from data collected from 
museum specimens. I have gone carefully over the material in 
the National Museum at Washington, and early in March 1922 
I had the privilege of spending several days examining the ma- 
terial in the magnificent collection of Dr. Wm. Barnes at Decatur, 
Ill. It is with his permission that the localities represented there 
for the various species are included in the present list. I am 
greatly indebted to him for his kindness and generosity and I 
take pleasure in acknowledging herewith my gratitude to him 
for the numerous courtesies he showed me. Several other smaller 
collections have been visited in which an occasional Florida speci- 
men was found. The available literature has been thoroughly 
canvassed and, so far as possible, the first author reporting the 
occurrence of a species in the state has been given credit therefor. 
This list contains 36 species and varieties whose occurrence 
in the state is well authenticated. Three others are listed which, 
for one reason or another, have no right to the places they have 
been previously given and hereafter should be dropped. The list 
for Florida is probably more nearly complete than those for most 
of the other states, due to the fact that Florida is a favorite 
collecting ground, especially in winter, and at various times has 
been visited by many lepidopterists and collectors. So far as I 
know, however, no one interested especially in the smaller moths 
has collected consistently throughout the year and it is likely 
*Published by permission of the Secretary of Agriculture. 
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