A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES IN THE GRACILARIIDAE (MICROLEPIDOPTERA)

Authors :: Annette F. Braun
Source :: The Canadian Entomologist. 61:38-39
Publication Year :: 1929
Publisher :: Cambridge University Press (CUP), 1929.
Abstract: Head rough tufted on crown, face smooth. Antennae four-fifths the length of the fore wings, basal segment slightly thickened, with pecten. Labial palpi moderately long, drooping, filiform, blunt pointed. Maxillary palpi minute. Middle tibiae with closely appressed scales. Posterior tibiae with closely appressed scales above, short loose hairs beneath. Fore wings lanceolate, elongate; 3 absent, 4 absent, 5 and 6 long stalked, 8 connate with 7, 9 twice as far removed from 8 as from 10, 11 absent. Hind wings about one-half, linear lanceolate; 3 absent, 4 absent, 5 and 6 stalked.