Proceedings of 

 the United States 

 National Museum 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION • WASHINGTON, D.C. 



Volume 115 1964 Number 3485 



A REVIEW OF THE NORTH AMERICAN MOTHS 



OF THE FAMILY WALSHIIDAE 



(LEPIDOPTERA: GELECHIOIDEA) 



By Ronald W. Hodges ^ 



Introduction 



Since most species of Walshiidae are small, inconspicuous moths, 

 many collectors understandably have overlooked them. As a result, 

 a relatively small number of specimens has been taken and our knowl- 

 edge of the group is limited. Until extensive and intensive collecting 

 has been accomplished, the results of any revisionary study will be 

 limited, subject to reinvestigation. The purpose of this paper is to 

 make known the described genera and species, to attempt to define 

 the genera, and to describe the new species that are at hand. Four 

 North American genera recently have been revised : Walshia Clemens 

 (Hodges, 1961), Ithome Chambers (Hodges, 1962a), Periploca Braun 

 (Hodges, 1962b), and Perimede Chambers (Hodges, in press). They 

 will not be discussed further in this paper except for a few notes under 

 "Taxonomic Treatment." 



'Entomology Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D.C. 



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