Megalorhipida leucodactyla (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae): first distribution record from Chile and new host plant record

Lepidoptera. Chapter 11

“…comm.). Th e larvae feed on Amaranthaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Goodeniaceae, Leguminosae, Nyctaginaceae, Rosaceae and Asteraceae (Vargas, 2007). Th e Lantana Plume Moth L. pusillidactylus is also a pantropical species whose origin, as for M. leucodactylus, is not clear.…”

Strepsicrates smithiana Walsingham (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae): first record from Chile and a newly documented host plant

“…However, the coastal desert of southern Peru and adjacent northern Chile supports a very interesting fauna, characterized by many endemic insects, including some microlepidoptera (e.g., Clarke 1987;Vargas 2010Vargas , 2011. Some widespread species also range throughout this area (e.g., Vargas 2007;Vargas & Parra 2006). Strepsicrates Meyrick, 1888, which is nearly cosmopolitan, is comprised of 15 described species.…”

A new species of Lioptilodes Zimmerman (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) from northern Chile

“…However, no records have been published from northernmost Chile, around the boundary area with Peru and Bolivia. The only pterophorid moth recorded from this zone is Megalorhipida leucodactyla (Fabricius, 1794), which was caught in Azapa, a coastal valley of Arica Province (Vargas 2007), but at least eight other species of pterophorid moths have been identified from Azapa valley (C. Gielis, pers. comm.…”