Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume 29 Annual Issue Article 40

1922

Iowa

A. W. Lindsey Morningside College

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IOWA MICROLEPIDOPTERA

A. W. LINDSEY After writing my last paper on the of Iowa, viz., "Some Iowa Records of Lepidoptera," I still had in my posses sion a considerable number of specimens of and all of the Phycitinae which I had taken in the state. I attempted to work up this material during my last few months as curator of the Barnes collection at Decatur, , and succeeded with most of the Tineoidea. The subfamily Phycitinse of the Pyra- lidai is in such great need of careful revision that I feel safer in omitting it entirely at present, though I have identified a few species with a reasonable degree of certainty. Since returning to Iowa I have done a small amount of field work in the vicinity of Sioux City with very interesting results. I hope to add such observations as I am able to make in the spring of 1922, and possibly the summer, to complete the ma terial for a supplementary paper, and therefore limit the present list to the records of Tineoidea. My good friend, Mr. R. A. Leussler, of Omaha, Nebraska, communicates to me from time to time some very remarkable captures made near that city. Is there no person in the adjacent portion of our own state who takes an interest in this order of ? The field must be fertile, and careful collecting should add many species to our known fauna. My list of species is as follows : Cosmopterygidae 1. Psacaphora terminella West. Iowa City, one, June 3, 1917. 2. Mompha eloisella Clem. Sioux City, July.

Gelechiidae 3. Metzneria lappella Linn. Sioux City, one, July 17, 1917. 4. Aristotelia roseosuffusella Clem. Ames, August, abundant. 5. Gnorimoschema gqllaesolidaginis Riley. Sioux City and Iowa City. 6. Gnorimoschema septentrionella Fyles. Iowa City, one, Oc tober 8, 1917. 7. Epithectis attributella Wlk. Sioux City, July. 8. cristifasciella Cham. Sioux City, May. Published by UNI ScholarWorks, 1922 1 Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, Vol. 29 [1922], No. 1, Art. 40

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9. Phthorimaea operculella Zell. Ames, one, August 23, 1918. 10. Anacampsis psoraliella Barnes and Busck. Type series of three specimens reared from Psoralea argophylla at Sioux City, July, 1917. 11. Gelechia bicostomaculella Cham. Iowa City, one, June 29, 1918. 12. Gelechia nigrimaculella Busck. Iowa City, July 4, 1918. 13. Trichotaphe serrativitella Zell. Ft. Crook, Nebraska, Oc tober. This is also in coll. Barnes from Illinois, and must occur in the- very similar intervening regions in Iowa. 14. Dichomeria ligulella Hbn. Cou Falls, July. 14a. Dichomeria ligulella form pometella Harr. Common at Iowa City, June. 15. Strobisia iridipennella Clem. Iowa City, June and July. Oecophoridae

16. Cryptolechia tentoriferella Clem. Iowa City, September. 17. Psilocorsis reflex ella Clem. Cou Falls, July. Sioux City, June. 18. Depressaria cinereocostella Clem. Iowa City, April, Ames, August. 19. Blastobasis plummerella form simplicella Dietz. Type local ity, Iowa City. 20. Valentinia glandulella Riley. One specimen, "Iowa." 21. Holcocera zelleriella form annectella Dietz. Iowa City is one of the type localities. 22. Pigritia basilarella Dietz. Part of the type series came from Iowa and one taken at Sioux City, August 23, 1916, an swers Dietz's description.

Stenomidae 23. Stenoma sMaegeri Zell. Homestead and Sioux City, May. Iowa City, June, common. 24. Stenoma algidella Zeller. Iowa City, May and July. Home stead, May. Sioux City, June and July. Ethmiidae 25. Bthmia fuscipedella Wlsm. Sioux City. Rare.

Aegeriidae 26. Synanthedon acerni Clem. This is in coll. Barnes from Quincy, Illinois, and may be expected in eastern Iowa. https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol29/iss1/40 2 Lindsey: Iowa Microlepidoptera

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27. Synanthedon sanborni Hy. Edw. Dickinson Co., one, Aug ust, 1915. Compared with the type by Dr. Barnes and said to be the same species. 28. Melittia satyriniformis Hbn. Sioux City. Undoubtedly more generally distributed than this indicates. A number of other species are known to occur in the state but my • material offers no other records.

Eucosmidae

29. Exartema permuyidanum Clem. Sioux City, July. Iowa City, June and July. 30. Exartema atrodentanum Fern. Iowa City, July. 31. Exartema fasciatanum Clem. Iowa City, June. 32. Exartema inornatanum Clem. Sioux City, June. 33. Exartema malanum Fern. Iowa City, July. 34. Exartema merrickanum Kearf. Iowa City, June. This is a type locality. Also taken at Sioux City and Cou Falls in July. . 35. Argyroploce hebesana Wlk. South Sioux City, Nebraska, August 30, 1916, and from many points east of Iowa. 36. Argyroploce coruscana Clem. Iowa City, June. 37. Argyroploce constellatana Zell. In coll. Barnes from local ities both east and west of Iowa, and therefore probably found in the similar territory of our state. 38. Argyroploce astrologana Zell. Iowa City, June. 39. Argyroploce hemidesma Zell. Very common at Ames on Spiraea. Adults appeared in August. 40. Argyroploce instrutana Clem. Sioux City, July. Ames, Aug ust. 41. Eucosma robinsonana Grt. Sioux City, July. 42. Eucosma dodecana Zell. Sioux City, July. 43. Eucosma sandana Kearf. Sioux City and Dickinson county, August. 44. Eucosma pergandeana Fern. Sioux City, June and July. Iowa City, June. 45. Eucosma pallidipalpana Kearf. One, Sioux City, July 19, 1917. 46. Eucosma comatulana Zell. Sioux City, August. 47. Eucosma heathiana Kearf. Dickinson Co., August. 48. Eucosma glomerana Wlsm. Sioux City and Dickinson county, August. 49. Eucosma vandana Kearf. Sioux City, August 16, 1917. Published by UNI ScholarWorks, 1922 3 Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, Vol. 29 [1922], No. 1, Art. 40

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50. Eucosma grotiana Kearf. Dickinson county, August. 51. Eucosma strenuana Wlk. Sioux City, August. 52. Eucosma landana Kearf. Sioux City. 53. Eucosma carolinana Wlsm. Sioux City, July. 54. Eucosma giganteana Riley. Sioux City. 55. Eucosma otiosana Clem. Sioux City, August. 56. Eucosma dorsisignatana Clem. Sarpy county, Nebraska, and Decatur, Illinois. Should occur in eastern Iowa. 57. Eucosma tandana Kearf. Iowa a type locality. 58. Eucosma bilineana Kearf. Iowa is one of the type localities. 59. Eucosma corosana Wlsm. Sioux 'City, September. 60. Eucosma, pulveratana Wlsm. Sioux City, August. 61. Eucosma roseoterminana Kearf. Homestead, May. Iowa City, June. 62. Eucosma imbridana Fern. Sioux City and Dickinson county, August. 63. Eucosma tenuiana Wlsm. Iowa City, June. 64. Eucosma vestaliana Zell. Sioux City, June. 65. Laspeyresia interstinctana Clem. Iowa City, June. Dickin son county, August. 66. Carpocapsa pomonella Linn. Sioux City, September.

Tortricidae

67. Adoxophyes furcatana Wlk. Sioux City, July and August. 68. Amorbia humerosana Clem. Sioux City, June. 69. Sparganothis reticulana Clem. Iowa City, one, July 2, 1918. 70. Sparganothis flavibasana Fern. Iowa City, June. 71. Sparganothis sulphureana Clem. Sioux City, July. 72. limitata Rob. Sioux City, August. Reared at Iowa City in June from and . 73. Cacoecia argyrospila race vividana Dyar. Sioux City, July. 74. Cacoecia fractivittana Clem. Iowa City, June. 75. Cacoecia rosaceana Harris. Grinnell and Homestead, June. Sioux City, June to August. 76. Tortrix quercifoliana Fitch. One specimen reared from Hazel, Homestead, June, 1918. 77. Tortrix lata Rob. Sioux City and Dickinson county, August. 78. Eulia velutinana Wlk. Sioux City and Iowa City, May. 79. Peronea cervinana Fern. Sioux City, February, May, Oc tober (det. Busck). 80. Peronea minuta form Cinderella Riley. Sioux City, March (det. Busck). https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol29/iss1/40 4 Lindsey: Iowa Microlepidoptera

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81. Peronea trisignana Rob. Iowa City, September (det. Busck). 82. Peronea nivisellana Wlsm. Sioux City, March (det. Busck). 83. Peronea brewsteriana Rob. Sioux City, February 19 (det. Busck). Carposinidae

84. fernaldana Busck. Ames, August.

85. Heliodines nyctaginella Gibson. Reared in abundance from Oxybaphus nyctagineus at Ames, August, 1918. Sioux City, July. Glyphipterygidae

86. Brenthia pavonacella Clem. Iowa City, June, common. 87. Choreutis carduiella Kearf. Iowa City, July.

Yponomeutidae

88. Yponomeuta multipunctella Clem. Sioux City, one, July 9, 1917. Gracilariidae 89. Lithocolletis ostensackenella Fitch. Reared from Black Lo cust, Sioux City, August. 90. Lithocolletis tritaeniella Cham. Reared from Hop Horn beam, Sioux City and Ames. 91. Lithocolletis cincinnatiella Cham. Iowa City, reared from White . Scythrididae

92. Scythris impositella Zell. Iowa City, July. 93. Scythris eboracensis Zell. Iowa City, July.

Lyonetiidae

94. Bucculatrix quinquenotella Cham. Iowa City, July.

Cossidae

95. Prionoxystus robiniae Peck. Iowa City.

Prodoxidae

96. Tegeticula alba Zell. Sioux City, June. Common in the flowers of Yucca on the dry hilltops.

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