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Heinrich, 1923, U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 123, p. 31, figs. 3, 3a, 23, 306 (distinct;
syn., Phthinolophus Dyar).—Fletcher, 1929, Mem. Dept. Agric. India, Ent.
Ser., vol. 11, p. 211 (syn. of Spilonota Stephens).—Clarke, 1958, Catalogue
. . . Microlepidoptera . . . Meyrick, vol. 3, p. 596 (distinct genus).
Strepsiceros Meyrick, 1881, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 6, p. 678
(type species: S. ejectana Walker, preoccupied); 1911, Proc. Linn. Soc.
New South Wales, vol. 36, p. 227 (preoccupied and syn. of Spilonota
Stephens).—Fletcher, 1929, Mem. Dept. Agric. India, Ent. ser., vol. 11, p. 211.
Phthinolophus Dyar, 1903, Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, vol. 5, p. 307 (type
species: P. indentanus Dyar, 1903, N. America).—Heinrich, 1923, U.S. Nat.
Mus. Bull. 123, p. 31 (syn. of Slrepsicrates) —Fletcher, 1929, Mem. Dept.
Agric. India, Ent. ser., vol. 11, p. 175.
Key to the Philippine Species of Slrepsicrates
1. Forewing whitish, densely strewn with dark grey; a conspicuous, P-shaped
black transverse mark well before tornus . . . S. discobola, new species
Forewing dark fuscous 2
2. Forewing with costal fold reaching to middle of costa S. ejectana
Forewing with costal fold reaching well beyond middle of costa.
S. inobtrusa, new species
Slrepsicrates ejectana (Walker, 1863)
Figures 75, 552
Sciaphila ejectana Walker, 1863, List Lepidopterous Insects British Mus., pt. 28,
p. 350 (cf", Sydney).
Strepsiceros ejectana.—Meyrick, 1881, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales,
vol. 6, p. 681 (synonyms: servilisana, saxana, ligniferana; food plants).
Slrepsicrates ejectana.—Meyrick, 1887, Trans. New Zealand Inst., vol. 20, p. 73.
Spilonota ejectana.—Meyrick, 1911, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales,
vol. 36, p. 299.
Sciaphila servilisana Walker, 1863, List Lepidopterous Insects British Mus.,
pt. 28, p. 356 (cf. New Zealand).
Sciaphila saxana Walker, 1863, op. cit., pt. 28, p. 357 (9, New Zealand).
Conchylis ligniferana Walker, 1863, op. cit., pt. 28, p. 363 (cf, Sydney).
Spilonota holotephras Meyrick, 1925, Exotic Microlepidoptera, vol.3, p. 67 (d^ 9,
Fiji) [new synonym].—Clarke, 1955, Catalogue . . . Microlepidoptera . . .
Meyrick, vol. 1, p. 161.
Strepiscrates holotephras.—Clarke, 1958, Catalogue . . . Microlepidoptera . . .
Meyrick, vol. 3, p. 696, pi. 292, figs. 1-la (type illustr., syn.: eumarodes).
Eucosma eumarodes Meyrick, 1925, Exotic Microlepidoptera, vol. 3, p. 68 (d^ 9,
Fiji).—Clarke, 1955, Catalogue . . . Microlepidoptera . . . Meyrick, vol. 1,
p. 134; 1958, loc. cit., vol. 3, p. 596, pi. 292, figs. 2-2b (type illustr.; syn.:
holotephras).
Distribution: Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Fiji.
Food plants: Kunzea capitata, Darvnnia fasciculata, Leptospermum
ericoides, Psidium guajava (all Myrtaceae).
Material examined: Occidental Negros, Victorias, 12.V.1961, on
guava {Psidium guajava) "LL 220," 1 cf ,
genit. slide 10, 19 Sept. '30,
empty pupa; "gen. slide, female, no. 9, 19 Sept. '30," "W.D. Pierce