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Male genitalia not so 
24 (23). Male genitalia with distiphallus having long, 
paired narrow tubules (figs. 933, 934) 
q. hyptidis Spencer 
Synopsis. Wing length 2 mm; mesonotum shining 
black; legs black, foreknee bright yellow. 
Host/Early Stages. Hyptis pectinata . Larva form- 
ing upper surface star-shaped blotch (fig. 935) 
with frass all deposited in center. 
Distribution. Florida; Brazil, Dominica, Venezuela. 
References. Spencer and Stegmaier, 1973: 74; 
Spencer, 1973b: 42. 
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25 (24). Male genitalia with mesophallus short, rounded, 
distiphallus with extended, short tubules (figs. 
936, 937) C. ipomaeae (Frost) 
Synopsis. Wing length 1.8-2. 2; mesonotum only 
moderately shining appearing more matt viewed from 
front; legs black, foreknee slightly yellowish; 
squama yellowish gray, margin and fringe black. 
Host/Early Stages. Ipomoea spp., recorded on I_. 
alba , I. batatas , _I. cathartica , and I. tiliacea . 
Larva forming irregular elongate blotch (fig. 
938); puparium dark brown. 
Distribution. Florida; Brazil, Dominica, Jamaica, 
Puerto Rico, Venezuela. 
References. Spencer, 1969a: 150; 1973b: 44; 
Spencer and Stegmaier, 1973: 76. 
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26 (25). Male genitalia with aedeagus having mesophallus 
short, broad, conspicuously bending ventrally at 
rear (figs. 939, 940) C. ambrosiae (Frick) 
Synopsis. As in £. malvae ; wing length normally 
slightly less than 2 mm. 
Host/Early Stages. Ambrosia artemisiifolia , A. 
trif ida , probably other Ambrosia spp. Larva form- 
ing small greenish blotch mine (fig. 941). 
Distribution. California, Florida, Indiana, 
Tennessee, doubtless widespread in south. 
References. Frick, 1956: 299; Spencer and 
Stegmaier, 1973: 72; Steyskal, 1973: 329. 
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27 (26). Male genitalia with distiphallus having short 
central extensions (figs. 942, 943) 
£. durantae Spencer 
Synopsis. Wing length 1.6-1. 9 mm; frons orange 
yellow, orbit conspicuously darkened at least to 
upper ors; mesonotum shining black; legs black, 
foreknee narrowly yellowish. 
Host/Early Stages. Pur ant a repens . Larva forming 
upper surface whitish blotch (fig. 944); puparium 
reddish brown with band of short stout spinules 
around center of each segment (fig. 945). 
Distribution. Florida. 
Reference. Spencer and Stegmaier, 1973: 73. 
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