﻿MOTHS 
  OF 
  GENUS 
  LEUCINODES 
  — 
  CAPPS 
  73 
  

  

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  (Belo 
  

   Horizonte), 
  vol. 
  6, 
  No. 
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  pp. 
  357-359, 
  1933.— 
  Pinto 
  da 
  Fonseca, 
  Arch. 
  Inst. 
  

   Biol., 
  vol. 
  5 
  (Sao 
  Paulo), 
  pp. 
  263-289, 
  1934.— 
  Wolcott, 
  Journ. 
  Agr., 
  Univ. 
  

   Puerto 
  Rico, 
  vol. 
  20, 
  No. 
  1, 
  p. 
  463, 
  1936. 
  — 
  Klima, 
  in 
  Junk, 
  Lepidopterorum 
  

   catalogus, 
  pt. 
  94, 
  p. 
  304, 
  1939. 
  — 
  Schaus, 
  Scientific 
  survey 
  of 
  Porto 
  Rico 
  and 
  

   the 
  Virgin 
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  New 
  York 
  Acad. 
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  vol. 
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  pt. 
  3, 
  p. 
  360, 
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  Le 
  Page, 
  

   Biologico, 
  vol. 
  10, 
  No. 
  2, 
  pp. 
  42-46, 
  1944; 
  Rev. 
  Applied 
  Ent., 
  vol. 
  33, 
  ser. 
  

   A, 
  pt. 
  3, 
  p. 
  94, 
  1945. 
  

  

  Adult. 
  — 
  Male 
  (pi. 
  5, 
  fig. 
  1) 
  : 
  Antenna 
  simple, 
  slightly 
  annulate, 
  

   length 
  of 
  cilia 
  approximately 
  equal 
  to 
  thickness 
  of 
  shaft 
  near 
  base. 
  

   Labial 
  palpus 
  upturned, 
  cinnamon-brown, 
  occasionally 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  

   scattered 
  dark 
  fuscous 
  scales 
  ; 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  segments 
  scaled 
  below, 
  

   the 
  first 
  segment 
  rather 
  heavily 
  (fringelike), 
  with 
  scales 
  projected 
  

   distally 
  ; 
  second 
  segment 
  moderately 
  scaled 
  with 
  similar 
  distal 
  projec- 
  

   tion 
  ; 
  third 
  segment 
  porrect, 
  without 
  such 
  scaling 
  below 
  or 
  distal 
  pro- 
  

   jection; 
  length 
  of 
  third 
  segment 
  one-half 
  or 
  less 
  than 
  one-half 
  that 
  

   of 
  second 
  segment. 
  Frons 
  evenly 
  rounded, 
  cinnamon 
  brown 
  inter- 
  

   mingled 
  with 
  some 
  dark 
  fuscous 
  and 
  occasionally 
  a 
  few 
  white 
  scales. 
  

   Posterodorsal 
  area 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  also 
  that 
  between 
  the 
  antennae 
  often 
  

   with 
  the 
  white 
  scales 
  predominant. 
  

  

  Thorax 
  (dorsal 
  view) 
  a 
  mixture 
  of 
  brown, 
  dark 
  fuscous, 
  and 
  white 
  

   scales, 
  with 
  the 
  white 
  often 
  more 
  abundant 
  on 
  the 
  prothorax 
  and 
  

   appearing 
  as 
  a 
  white 
  patch; 
  thorax 
  (ventral 
  view) 
  white. 
  

  

  Abdomen 
  (dorsal 
  view) 
  with 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  white 
  band 
  composed 
  

   of 
  all 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  variable 
  portions 
  of 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  segments, 
  

   remainder 
  of 
  segments 
  a 
  mixture 
  of 
  cinnamon 
  brown 
  and 
  dark 
  fuscous 
  

   scales; 
  abdomen 
  (ventral 
  view) 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  a 
  greater 
  portion 
  

   than 
  dorsally 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  segments 
  white 
  ; 
  other 
  segments 
  

   paler 
  than 
  on 
  dorsum. 
  Small 
  concolorous 
  lateral 
  tufts 
  present 
  but 
  

   often 
  difficult 
  to 
  distinguish 
  (lost 
  on 
  worn 
  specimens). 
  

  

  Wings 
  white, 
  somewhat 
  liyalinate, 
  with 
  conspicuous 
  squamous 
  areas 
  

   of 
  cinnamon 
  brown 
  and 
  dark 
  or 
  blackish 
  fuscous 
  as 
  figured. 
  Ante- 
  

   rior 
  transverse 
  line 
  of 
  f 
  orewing 
  distinctly 
  concave. 
  In 
  flown 
  specimens 
  

   some 
  of 
  the 
  markings 
  are 
  almost 
  lost 
  (particularly 
  the 
  patch 
  from 
  

   costa 
  between 
  the 
  transverse 
  anterior 
  line 
  and 
  the 
  reniform), 
  the 
  

   areas 
  being 
  only 
  faintly 
  indicated 
  by 
  the 
  narrow 
  border 
  of 
  dark 
  

   fuscous 
  scales. 
  

  

  Alar 
  expanse, 
  15-33 
  mm. 
  

  

  Genitalia 
  with 
  liarpe 
  slender, 
  elongate, 
  and 
  apex 
  much 
  narrower 
  

   than 
  base 
  ; 
  clasper 
  slender, 
  scalpel-like, 
  and 
  in 
  relation 
  to 
  lower 
  margin 
  

   of 
  harpe 
  the 
  clasper 
  from 
  near 
  middle 
  or 
  distinctly 
  nearer 
  to 
  base 
  

   than 
  to 
  apex 
  (pi. 
  6, 
  fig. 
  9) 
  . 
  Aedeagus 
  (pi. 
  6, 
  fig. 
  9A) 
  slender; 
  cornutus 
  

   a 
  simple 
  spine, 
  not 
  conspicuously 
  expanded 
  at 
  base. 
  

  

  Female 
  : 
  Antenna 
  simple, 
  slightly 
  annulate, 
  length 
  of 
  cilia 
  slightly 
  

   less 
  than 
  width 
  of 
  shaft 
  near 
  base. 
  Labial 
  palpus 
  as 
  in 
  male 
  except 
  

  

  