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genus Pholeomyia have been collected from caves inChiapas, Puebla, Tamaulipas, and Veracruz. Threespecies of Pholeomyia have been reported fromMexican and Guatemalan caves: P. dampfi Sabroskyfrom Grutas del Cocona, Tabasco, Mexico, and Cuevade Jobitzinaj, El Peten, Guatemala (Sabrosky, 1959);P. indecora Loew from Cueva Chica, San Luis Potosi(Breder, 1942); and P. leucozona Bilimek from Grutasde Cacahuamilpa, Guerrero (Bilimek, 1867), andCueva Chirripeck, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala (Papp,1978). These species are all presumed troglophiles.Family PhoridaeThe humpbacked flies of the family Phoridae areoccasionally collected in Mexican caves. Megaseliascalaris Loew has been found in several caves in Yucatan(Pearse, 1938b). Conicera dauci Meigen wasfound in Sumidero del Jineo, Tamaulipas. Undeterminedspecies of the genera Conicera, Dohrniphora,and Puliciphora have been taken from caves throughoutMexico.Family SphaeroceridaeThe small dung flies of the family Sphaeroceridaeare frequently taken from bat guano in caves. Archiborborusmexicanus Steyskal was described from SOtanode El Porvenir, Tamaulipas (Steyskal, 1973).This is the most northern record for the genus. Undeterminedspecies of Leptocera have been collectedfrom caves in Hidalgo, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi,Tamaulipas, and Yucatan.Family StreblidaeSeventeen species of streblid fly have been identifiedfrom caves in Mexico. These flies are all parasitesof bats and are frequently abundant in caves, wherethey may be found on cave walls or on guano. Theirbite is annoying, but not usually painful. This familyin Mexico has been reviewed by Hoffmann (1953).Among the more frequently collected species are Euctenodesmirabilis Waterhouse from caves in Guerrero,San Luis Potosi, and Yucatan; Megistopoda araneae(Coquillett) from caves in San Luis Potosi and Yucatan;Nycterophilia coxata Ferris from caves throughoutMexico; Trichobius adamsi Augustson from cavesin Baja California Sur, Colima, and Guerrero; T. caecusEdwards from caves in Guerrero, San Luis Potosi,Tamaulipas, and Yucatan; T. intermedius Petersonand Hurka from caves in Yucatan (Peterson andHurka, 1974); T. parasiticus Gervais from caves inChiapas, Guerrero, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, andYucatan; and T. sphaeronotus Jobling from caves inBaja California Sur, Chiapas, Nuevo Leon, and Sonora.Table 28.-Summary of cave inhabiting Lepidoptera.TroglobitesOther SpeciesAcrolophidae 0 1Arctiidae 0 1Blastobasidae 0 1Gelechiidae 0 1Noctuidae 0 1Phalaenidae 0 1Pterophoridae 0 1Pyralidae 0 2Tineidae 0 6Total 0 15Order TrichopteraTrichoptera larvae are occasionally taken fromstreams in caves, and a few species may completetheir life cycle underground.Family CalamoceratidaeSpecimens of the genus Phylloicus have been takenIn Cueva de la Puente and Sotano de Tlamaya, SanLuis Potosi. These are probably troglophiles.Family PhilopotamidaeApparently troglophilic species of the genus Wormaldiahave been collected from the streams in Cuevade la Puente, San Luis Potosi, and Cueva del Brinco,Tamaulipas.Family PolycentropidaePolycentropus picana Ross was found III thestream passage in Cueva de la Puente, San Luis Potosi.An undetermined species of Polycentropus is anapparent troglophile in Cueva del Brinco, Tamaulipas.Order LepidopteraAlthough nine families of moth have been collectedin Mexican caves, only two are of unusualsignificance to the study of the cavernicole fauna(see Table 28). Most collections of moths have beenin alcohol and, therefore, are unsuitable for descriptionor specific determination.Family NoctuidaeNumerous specimens of noctuid moth have beencollected from Mexican caves, most from the entrancearea. Latebraria amphipyroides Guenee is frequentlyfound in caves throughout much of Mexico.This large moth is to be seen resting during the daytimeon the cave wall. It was reported from Yucatancaves by Pearse (1938b) and from caves in the Xilitlaregion of San Luis Potosi by Bonet (1953a).236