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AMERICAN MOTHS OF THE SUBFAMILY PHYCITZNAE 



Unrecognized 



Myelois infusella Zeller 



Myelois infusella Zeller, Isis von Oken, 1848, p. 869. 

 Salebria infusella (Zeller) Ragonot, Monograph, pt. 1, p. 352, 

 1893. 



Unknown to me. The type is supposed to be in the 

 Berlin Museum, but Dr. Hering was unable to locate it. 

 Type locality: Port-au-Prince, Haiti. 



Genus Phycitopsis Ragonot 



Phycitopsis Ragonot, N. Amer. Phycitidae, p. 4, 1887; Mono- 

 graph, pt. 1, p. 185, 1893. — Hulst, Phycitidae of N. Amer., 

 p. 133, 1890. (Type of genus: Phycitopsis jlavicornella 

 Ragonot, loc. cit. — Hulst, op. cit., p. 134. — McDunnough, 

 Check list, No. 6124, 1939.) 



I have seen nothing from America that could be this 

 genus or species. According to Clarke's notes the fe- 

 male t3T)e is not in either the Paris or British Museum 

 Collections. From the Ragonot descriptions the genus 

 should go into venational division D and the species 

 must strongly resemble the Old World Phycita spissi- 

 cella (Fabricus). I suspect that flamcornella is a Euro- 

 pean specimen and the "Texas" locality is a mislabeling. 

 This is quite likely if the type was a Boll specimen. 



There is a discrepancy between Ragonot's description 

 and his figure of the labial palpus (Monograph, pi. 8, 

 fig. 10). The figure shows an oblique, moderately long 

 (not a very short) ascending palp. 



Type locality: "Texas" (type lost?). 



Euzophera intextella (Zeller) 



Myelois intextella Zeller, Isis von Oken, 1848, p. 871. 

 Euzophera intextella (Zeller) Ragonot, Monograph, pt. 2, p. 53, 

 1901. 



Unknown to me. The type is supposed to be in the 

 Berlin Museum but Dr. Hering has been unable to 

 locate it. 



Type locality: St. Thomas, British West Indies. 



Euzophera daedalella Ragonot 



Euzophera daedalella Ragonot, Nouv. Gen. p. 32, 1888; Mono- 

 graph, pt. 2, p. 56, 1910. 



Unlcaown to me. This type is also supposed to be in 

 the Berlin Museum. Dr. Hering was unable to locate 

 it. 



Type locality: Chanchamayo, Peru. 



Zophodia brevistrigella Ragonot 



Zophodia brevistrigella Ragonot, Nouv. Gen., p. 31, 1888; Mono- 

 graph, pt. 2, p. 24, 1901. 



According to Ragonot the type (9) was deposited in 

 the Staudinger Collection ia Berlin. It has not been 

 located and so far I have seen nothing that agrees with 

 the description and figure published in the Ragonot 

 monograph. 



Type locality: Nova Friburgo, Brazil. 



Zophodia subcanella (Zeller) 



Myelois subcanella Zeller, Isis von Oken, 1848, p. 873. 

 Zophodia subcanella (Zeller) Ragonot, Monograph, pt. 2, p. 22, 

 1901. 



Unknown to me. Type supposed to be in Berlin 

 Museum but not located. 

 Type locality: Brazil. 



Psorosa disticta (Zeller) 



Euzophera disticta Zeller, Horae Soc. Ent. Rossicae, vol. 16, p. 



232, 1881. 

 Psorosa disticta (Zeller) Ragonot, Monograph, pt. 2, p. 107, 1901. 



A photograph of the genitalia of the female type 

 shows two large opposed signa composed of cup- 

 shaped, strongly spined concave plates (similar to those 

 of Rotruda mucidella). I have seen nothing that 

 matches the type exactly either in structure or super- 

 ficially. It is obviously not a Psorosa or a Euzophera; 

 but generic placement cannot be made without a male. 



Type locality: Maraquita, Colombia (type in BM). 



Hornigia clitellatella Ragonot 



Hornigia clitellatella Ragonot, Nouv. Gen., p. 36, 1888. 



In the Ragonot monograph (pt. 2, p. 269, 1901) 

 Hampson places clitellatella in Moodna. It apparently 

 belongs somewhere near Moodna, in venational group 

 C, but accurate placement must wait upon discovery of 

 a male from Chile. The female type is in the Paris 

 Museum. I have seen nothing agreeing with Ragonot's 

 description or figure (Monograph, pi. 34, fig. 12). 



Type locality: Callao, ChUe (type in Paris Mus.). 



Moodna olivella Hampson 



Moodna olivella Hampson, in Ragonot, Monograph, pt. 2, p. 268, 

 1901. 



I have seen nothing agreeing with either the descrip- 

 tion or figure (pi. 49, fig. 12) in the Monograph. Clarke's 

 notes on the genitalia of the unique male type in the 

 British Museum show that olivella cannot be a Moodna. 

 The gnathos apparently is more like that of Moodnopsis. 

 Placement will have to wait upon recovery of additional 

 specimens. 



Type locality: Petropolis, Brazil. 



Euzopherodes megalopalis Hampson 



Euzopherodes megalopalis Hampson, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 

 vol. 14, p. 181, 1904. 



According to Clarke's notes the type in the British 

 Museum is a female (not a male as stated by Hampson) 

 and has a glued-on abdomen, which may or may not 

 belong with the remainder of the specimen. A photo- 

 graph of the type shows a moth superficially similar to 

 Niceiiodes apianella Schaus in markings. Its venation 

 (if correctly given) places it in venational group D 

 where we have nothing resembling it. We shall have 

 to wait upon additional specimens (male and female) 



