Giorgio BALDIZZONE 
Asti, Italy 
MCZ 
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A TAXONOMIC REVIEW OF THE COLEOPHORIDAE 
(LEPIDOPTERA) OF AUSTRALIA 
Contribution to the knowledge of the Coleophoridae, LXXXV 
Baldizzone, G., 1996. A taxonomie review of the Coleophoridae (Lepidoptera) of Australia. 
Contriburion to the knowledge of the Coleophoridae, LXXXV. - Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 
139: 97-144, figs. 1-158. [issn 0040-7496]. Published 18 December 1996. 
The present taxonomie knowledge of the Coleophoridae of Australia is reviewed. Fifteen 
species are recorded here, of which nine are described as new: Corythangela fimbriata, 
Coleophora leucocephala, C. nielseni, C. horakae, C. fuscosquamata, C. frustrata, C. rustica, C. al- 
biradiata, C. consumpta. The genitalia of Corythangela galeata Meyrick, Coleophora crypsineura 
(Lower), C. tremefacta Meyrick, as well as the larval case of C seminalis Meyrick, are illustrated 
for the first time. Two new synonymies are established: Plutella ochroneura Lower, 1897 and 
Coleophora pudica Lower, 1905 are junior subjective synonyms of C. serinipennella Christoph, 
1872. After examination of the external morphology and the genital structures, the genus 
Corythangela is transferred to the family Batrachedridae. 
Dr. G.Baldizzone, Via Manzoni, 24, 1-14100 Asti, Italy. 
Key words. - Coleophoridae; Batrachedridae; Australia; taxonomy; new species. 
The present paper is the first in a series of revisions 
of 'non-palaeatctic' Coleophoridae. It will be fol- 
lowed by revisions of species of the Afrotropical re- 
gion, of South America, and of the Indian subconti- 
nent. As a mattet of fact, when studying all the 
palaearctic species described so far, I have also paid a 
lot of attention to the species outside the palaearctic 
region; their number is considerably smaller than 
those desctibed from the Palaearctic; nevertheless 
they are essential for my aim to reach a satisfactory 
systematic organisation in the light of modern 
methodology. I have not examined the species of 
North America, a region that is seriously studied by 
my friend Dr. Jean-François Landry, of Ottawa, but 
at the moment I can affirm that I have revised all the 
type series of all the other species of the world. This 
will enable me to present a complete revision and a 
general survey of the distribution of the family of 
Coleophoridae. The present knowledge of Australian 
Coleophoridae is very poor and based only on publi- 
cations by Lower (1897, 1905, 1917) and Meyrick 
(1897, 1921 aandb, 1922). In recent years Common 
(1970, 1990) has given a survey of what is known up 
till now. For that reason Dr. Ebbe Schmidt-Nielsen 
has reatranged all the material that he found in the 
museums of Austtalia, i.e. in Canberra and Adelaide, 
comprising the original material of the Lower collec- 
tion as well as all the specimens received later on. I 
have received for study the types kept in the bmnh. 
All this has enabled me to give a survey of the 
Australian fauna of Coleophoridae as complete as 
possible at this moment. 
Abbreviations for museums 
ANIC: Australian National Insect Collection, 
Canberra, Australia. - bmnh: Natural History 
Museum, London, U.K. - rmnh: Rijksmuseum van 
Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden, Netherlands. - mnhn: 
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. - sama 
South Australian Museum, Adelaide, Australia. - 
usnm: U.S. National Museum of Natural History, 
Smithsonian Institution, Washington 
Checklist of the Coleophoridae of Australia 
Corythangela Meyrick, 1 897 
galeata Meyrick, 1897 
fimbriata sp. n. 
Coleophora Hübner, 1822 
serinipennella Christoph, 1872 
ochroneura (Lower, 1897) syn. n. 
pudica Lower, 1905 syn. n. 
alcyonipennella (Kollar, 1832) 
seminalis Meyrick, 1921 
leucocephala sp. n. 
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crypsineura (Lower, 1900) 
tremefacta Meyrick, 1921 
nielseni sp. n. 
horakae sp. n. 
fiiscosquamata sp. n. 
frustrata sp. n. 
rustica sp. n. 
albiradiata sp. n. 
consumpta sp. n. 
Acknowledgements 
I am indebted to Dr. Ebbe Schmidt-Nielsen and to 
Dr. Marianne Horak (anic), who have entrusted me 
with all the material found in the collections of 
Australia, and who have generously helped me with 
photocopies, information etc. I also express my ap- 
preciation to Dr. Klaus Sattler and to Dr. Kevin Tuck 
(bmnh) for the loan of types, for information and ad- 
vice, and to an anonymous referee for valuable sug- 
gestions to improve this paper. A special word of 
thanks for my Dutch friends Erik van Nieukerken 
(rmnh) and Hugo van der Wolf (Nuenen) for help 
with the realisation of this publication and for the 
translation into English. 
Systematic part 
Corythangela galeata Meyrick 
(figs. 1,2, 18,34-44) 
Corythangela galeata Meyrick, 1897: 300. - Lectotype 9 , 
'Sydney N.S. Wales, 3/12/84', 'Lectotype 9, 
Coiythangela galeata Meyr., 1897, I. F.B. Common, 
1966', ' 'Corythangela galeata Meyr., 1/9, E. Meyrick det. 
in Meyrick Coll.', 'Meyrick Coll., B.M. 1938-290', 
bmnh [examined]. 
Corytha 1 igeila galeata, sensu Capuse, 1973, typographical er- 
ror. 
Material examined. - 1 â (slide bmnh 24450), Sydney, 
N.S.Wales, 9.XII.[18]77, paralectotype 4/9 (bmnh); 19 
(slide bmnh 24463), Sydney, N.S.Wales, bred 3.II.[19]18, 
paralectotype 6/9 (bmnh); 1 â (slide anic 2328), Black Mt., 
ACT, Light Trap, 12. Dec.1963, I. F. B. Common (anic);. 
1 â (slide anic 2317, wing slide), Rous, Richmond River, 
N.S.W., Sept. 1925, V. J. Robinson (anic). 
Description. — The original description is exact and 
also corresponds to the specimens collected after the 
type series. 
Male genitalia (figs. 34-36, 41-42). - Terminal 
part of gnathos (fig. 4 1 ) two transverse plates with 
lamellae stellate. Tegumen constricted medially with 
two short pedunculi. Transtilla broad and short, sub- 
oval, joined medially. Valvula weakly delineated. 
Cucullus short, well sclerotized, narrower at base. 
Sacculus narrow and long, rather oblique, with heavy 
lateral margin, with protrusion in form of sclerified 
wedge directed inwards, extended to base of cucullus; 
also with extension in distal part in form of wedge, 
exceeding cucullus in length. Juxta rounded, suboval, 
shield-like. Aedeagus (fig. 35) attenuate, very long, 
containing two seties of cornuti (fig. 42): one, typical 
of Coleophoridae, formed by ten needle-like cornuti 
of varying lengths in long row; the other formed by a 
great number of very small spines in distal third part 
of aedeagus. 
Structure of abdominal supports (fig. 37). - No 
postetior lateral struts; transverse stt ut arched, thicker 
in middle. Tergal disks (fig. 44) very long and nar- 
row, with short conical spines similar to those of 
Batrachedridae. Female with less convex transverse 
strut and shorter tergal disks (fig. 40). 
Female genitalia (fig. 38). - Papillae anales long, 
oval, with short bristles. Apophyses postetiores about 
0.3 times length of apophyses anteriores. Sterigma 
(fig. 39) narrow, rather long, sclerotized, rounded at 
distal margin, with some bristles. Ostium bursae 
small, oval. Colliculum chaliced, transparent, except 
for two reinforcements at margins of extension that 
connects to ductus bursae. Ductus bursae long, about 
12 times longer than sterigma, with lining (fig. 43) of 
very small rounded spines all along its surface; ductus 
narrow in distal part, widened progressively in central 
part and narrowed again in proximal part; bursa cop- 
ulatrix oval; signum absent. 
Biology. - Accotding to the original description, 
also reported by Common (1990: 241) 'the larvae 
construct a slender, elongate case from small pieces of 
the twigs of Casuarina (Casuarinaceae) on which they 
feed.' Unfortunately the original series kept in the 
bmnh as well as the specimens in anic are without 
larval cases so that it is impossible to illustrate the cas- 
es. 
Distribution. - Coast and tablelands of New South 
Wales. 
Corythangela fimbriata sp.n. 
(figs. 3, 19, 45-48) 
Type material. - Holotype S (slide anic 2341), 15 
miles N of Northampton, WA, 18 April 1968, I. F. 
B. Common & M. S. Upton (anic). 
Description. - Wingspan 10 mm. Head (fig. 3) 
light brown with brilliant sheen, laterally suffused 
with white. Labial palp white on inner surface and al- 
most completely brown with bronzy sheen on outer 
surface; second segment almost as long as third. Basal 
segment of antenna white, dorsally suffused with 
beige and ventrally with brown, with thick tuft of 
short brown scales. Flagellum ringed white and very 
light beige, except for distal segments (about 30) 
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Fig. 1. Coiytbangela galeata Meyrick. Wing venation. 
ringed white and dark brown. Thorax light brown 
with brown tegulae, suffused with white on internal 
border. Abdomen beige. Forewing with brilliant 
sheen, white, suffused with beige from costa towards 
dorsum; bronzy brown narrow streaks along median 
part, anal vein and dorsum, with incomplete line 
along internal margin of white costal line. Fringes 
beige, except for costal portion light brown with 
white base. Hindwing light brown, with beige fringes. 
Male genitalia (fig. 45). -Terminal part of gnathos 
globular, with long lamellae stellate. Tegumen long, 
with very short pedunculi. Transtilla sclerotized, sub- 
triangular, little developed. Valvula suboval, heavily 
sclerotized, poorly delineated. Cucullus short and 
stout, heavily sclerotized, curved distally. Sacculus 
very narrow and long, ended in narrow and long 
point, slightly curved; base with large and rounded 
protuberance folded towards base of cucullus. Juxta 
'V-shaped. Aedeagus (fig. 46) without cornuti, small 
and curved, shaped like sharp thorn, with small 
spines in ventral part of distal half. 
Structure of abdominal supports (fig. 48). - 
Posterior lateral struts only slightly pronounced, 
transverse strut big, slightly convex, thicker in mid- 
dle. Tergal disks with short conical spines, resembling 
those of Coleophoridae more than those of 
Batrachedridae; disks of third tergite about 4.5 times 
longer than wide. 
Diagnosis. — The new species can easily be distin- 
guished from C. galeata by its external habitus as well 
as by the male genitalia (the female is not known). In 
the genitalia the most obvious structures are the 
transtilla and the aedeagus: in galeata the transtilla is 
compact, whereas in fimbriata it carries two long ex- 
tensions; the aedeagus in galeata is rather long and 
straight, with many cornuti, whereas in fimbriata it is 
short and curved, without cornuti. 
Biology. — Unknown. 
Distribution. - 45 km. north of Geraldton. 
Remarks on the genus Corythangela Meyrick, 
1 897. - When examining the two known species of 
Corythangela one is struck first of all by the fact that 
the antennae are about as long as the forewings, 
whereas they are much shorter in Coleophoridae. The 
forewings are slightly narrower and longer than those 
of Coleophoridae. The head is narrower and longer. 
As to the structure of the genitalia it can be said 
that those of the male generally resemble those of the 
Coleophoridae, however with obvious differences: 
the terminal part of the gnathos has thick lamellae 
arranged in a stellate form, whereas normally in the 
Coleophoridae the lamellae are thin and short, 
arranged in transverse rows. The valvula and cucullus 
have shapes that do not occur in Coleophoridae. The 
aedeagus is completely different, in galeata as well as 
in fimbriata, which also differ completely from each 
other. In any case, neither of them resembles the in- 
tromittent organ of the Coleophoridae, which was 
the object of study of Razowski (1989, 1990), who 
introduced the term 'phallotheca' for the organ in 
Coleophoridae. Moreover, in the two species of the 
genus Corythangela a separate juxta is present, where- 
as in Coleophoridae the juxta is fused with the aedea- 
gus and has a prolongation in two rods, either sepa- 
rate or joined together (Landry 1993). This juxta 
configuration causes problems when lifting the 'phal- 
lus complex' from the rest of the genitalia during 
preparation, whereas that operation is rather simple 
in Corythangela. The female genitalia, only known for 
galeata, are similar to those of Batrachedridae. 
The structures of abdominal support are similar to 
those of Batrachedridae in galeata, whereas in fimbri- 
ata they resemble more those of the Coleophoridae: 
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the tergal disks are shorter and wider than in galeata, 
and the spines are thicker and more firmly attached to 
the tergal disks. 
In spite of the fact that I have not been able to 
study the larval case of galeata, which was not kept 
with the type series, the biology, as described by 
Meyrick is typical of Batrachedridae (Hodges 1978). 
In view of this I transfer the genus Corythangela to 
the family Batrachedridae. 
Coleophora serinipennella Christoph 
(figs. 7, 20-23, 49-65) 
Coleophora serinipennella Christoph, 1872: 31. 
Plutella ochroneura Lower, 1897: 59 syn.n. - Holorype d of 
Plutella ochroneura Lower: 'Semaphore, S.A.', genitalia 
slide Bldz 9186 (sama) [examined]. 
Corythangela ochroneura, sensu Vives, 1988. 
Coleophora stefanii de Joannis, 1899: 331. 
Coleophora pudica hewer, 1905: 111, syn.n. Lectotype d 
(here designated) of Coleophora pudica Lower: '3224, 
Broken Hill' genitalia slide Bldz 9187 (sama) [examined]; 
paralectotypes: 2d 'Broken Hill, 4.4.99' (slides Bldz 
9188,9189) (sama). 
Corythangela pudica, sensu Vives, 1988. 
Coleophora novella Chrétien, 1926: 9 
Coleophora caliacraella Caradja, 1 93 1 : 331. 
Coleophora caliacraella lucidella Caradja, 1932: 43 
Coleophora jerichoella Amsel, 1935: 306. 
Coleophora jordanella Amsel, 1935: 306. 
Coleophora sosisperma Meyrick, 1936: 62 1 . 
Coleophora deserticola Toll, 1944: 292. 
Coleophora soffneriToW, 1944: 292. 
Material examined, -lo*, Grey Range, 5 miles W of 
Tickalara, south-west Qld, 14. Nov. 1949, I. F. B. 
Common; 1 d (slide anic 2300), Mungadal Sation, NSW, 
7.ÌU.1985; 80 (slide anic 2308), 10 mi NE by E of Iron 
Knob, SA, 23 Oct. 1968, Britton, Upton, Balderson; 3d, 6 
miles W of Iron Knob, SA, 16 Mar. 1968, 1. F. B. Common 
& M. S. Upton; lid, 2 mi. SSE of Ceduna, SA, 30 Oct. 
1969, Key & Upton; 6 d, 31. 22S 131.47E, l4kmNNWof 
Yalata Mission, SA, 9 Apr. 1983, 10 May 1983, E. S. 
Nielsen, E. D. Edwards; 1 d , 40 miles E of Nullarbor, SA, 
18 Mar. 1968, I. F. B. Common & M. S. Upton; 2d\ 
31.23S 131.24 E, 48 km E by N Nullarbor. SA, 13 Oct. 
1981, J. C. Cardale; 3d, 31.25S 131. 07E, 13 mi E of 
Nullarbor HS, SA, 31 Oct. 1969, Key & Upton; 1 d, 23 mi 
W of Nullarbor HS, SA, 5 Oct. 1968, Key, Upton, 
Balderson; 4d (slide anic 2306), 25 miles E of Eucla, WA, 
19 Mar. 1968, I. F. B. Common & M. S. Upton; Id, 5 
miles E of Eucla, WA, 6 Jan. 1967, M. S. Upton; 1 Ô, 6 mi 
E of Madura, WA, 15 Oct. 1968, Britton, Upton, 
Balderson; 2d, Madura, WA, 20 Mar. 1968, I. F. B. 
Common & M. S. Upton (slide anic 2305); 3d, Madura, 
WA, 7 Oct. 1968, Key, Upton, Balderson; 1 S , 7 mi E by N 
of Balladonia HS, WA, 13 Oct. 1968, Britton, Upton, 
Balderson; 1? (slide anic 2307), Kalgoorlie, WA, 
19.x. 1963, V. J. Robinson; 4d, Drummond Cove, 11 km 
N of Geraldton, WA, 13 Apr., 17 Apr., 23 Apr., 26 Apr. 
1973, N. McFarland; 1 S (slide anic 2298), 107 miles S of 
Carnarvon.WA, 21 Apr. 1968, I. F. B. Common & M. S. 
Upton; 3d (slides anic 2304, 2297), 8 miles E of 
Carnarvon, WA, 20 Apr. 1968, I. F. B. Common & M. S. 
Upton (anic). 
Male genitalia (fig. 49). - Spinose part of gnathos 
big, globular. Tegumen constricted medially, with 
widened subttiangular pedunculi.Transtilla long, tri- 
angular, weakly joined in middle. Valvula large, 
rounded, irregularly sclerotized, covered with short 
bristles. Cucullus oblique, sometimes narrower medi- 
ally, rather variable. Sacculus simple, characterized by 
thick ventral margin and by a process on lateral mar- 
gin: outline variable (figs. 51-54, 55-62), rounded, 
conical, subtriangular, or truncate. Phallotheca coni- 
cal, slightly curved, short, sclerotized only at base and 
on dorsal surface. Vesica, without cornuti, pro- 
nounced along the entire ventral lamina. 
Structure of abdominal supports (figs. 50, 65). - 
Posterior lateral struts 1/3 of length of anterior ones. 
Transverse strut very thick, in the male convex on dis- 
tal margin, in the female wider and slightly arched. 
Tergal disks with many small conical spines; disks of 
third tergite 5 times longer than wide. 
Female genitalia (fig. 63). - Papilles anales small, 
suboval, with short bristles. Apophyses posteriores 
about 0.4 longer than anterior ones. Sterigma (fig. 
64) trapezoid, weakly sclerotized, with long bristles 
on distal matgin. Ostium bursae narrow, ogival. 
Colliculum chaliced. Ductus bursae with distal sec- 
tion as long as sterigma, narrow, with two parallel 
sclerotized bands; anterior section of ductus bursae 
membranous, gradually widened towards bursa copu- 
latrix. Bursa long, bag-shaped, with a big leaf-like 
signum, with a long pedunculus. 
Diagnosis. — Coleophora serinipennella is the only 
representative species of its group in Australia (the 
8th of Toll's system). The variation of the forewing 
colour pattern occurs scatteringly throughout the 
wide area of distribution of the species, but reaches its 
most extreme forms in Australia, particulatly the dark 
form caused by the brown colour of the scales along 
the veins, which is known only from Australia: that 
variability has undoubtedly induced Lower to de- 
scribe the same species twice. Also noteworthy is the 
variability of the sacculus in the male genitalia: al- 
though a common phenomenon in specimens of 
serinipennella, it has reached extreme forms in 
Australian specimens. 
Biology. - The species mines the stems of various 
species of Chenopodiaceae. Common (1990: 241) 
writes: 'at least one endemic species produces galls in 
the stems of Chenopodiaceae in inland New South 
Wales'. 
Distribution. - From Japan to North Africa, and in 
Europe where it has been collected in Bulgaria, 
Rumania, Greece, Sicily, southern Italy (Calabria), 
southern France, Spain (Baldizzone 1994: 55). In 
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Australia: South-western Queensland, South 
Australia and arid areas of Western Australia south of 
Carnarvon. 
Coleophora alcyonipennella (Kollar) 
(figs. 5, 66-72) 
Ornix a/cjionipeunella KoWnr, 1832: 99. 
Coleophora cuprariella Zeiler, 1 847: 36. 
Coleophora cuprifiilgel/a Toil, 1962: 652. 
Material examined. - Id, 27.35S 151.59E, Prince 
Henry Heights, 620 m, Toowoomba, Q., 4 Jan. 1983, I. F. 
B. Common; 4d, N. Tamborine, Q, 23 Aug. 1965, M. S. 
Upton; Id (slide H 17), Tooloom Scrub, 20.L36, W. B. 
Barnard; 1 9 (slide anic 2327), 26 mis S of Singleton, 
NSW, 7 Nov. 1960, I. F. B. Common & M. S. Upton; 19, 
1 spec, Mt Tomah, NSW, 3000 ft, 18 Dec. 1967, M. S. 
Upton; Id, 19 (slide anic 2375), Mt Keira, NSW, 
23.xii.1963, 8.XÜ.1972, V. J. Robinson; Id, 19, 1 spec, 
CSIRO Experimental Farm Wilton, NSW, 2.Ì.1973, 
29.ix.1980, V.J. Robinson; Id, 1 9 , George's Basin, NSW, 
28 & 30.viii.1965, V. J. Robinson; Id, 25 km NNW of 
Barellali, NSW, 23.Ü. 1 974, E. D. Edwards & M. Story; 1 d , 
Mittagong, NSW, 28.Ì.36, [A. J. Turner]; 1 spec, (slide H 
52), Goulbum District, NSW, 24.Ì.1963, R. W. Shelley; 
Id (slide H 15), Canberra, ACT, 22.ii.1948, I. F. B. 
Common; Id, 19 (slide anic 2376), Canberra, ACT, 
10.xii.1948, 26 Nov. 1948, I. F. B. Common; lid (slide 
anic 2323, wing slide W 56), 1 spec, Black Mt., ACT, 
Light Trap, 17 Jan. 1961, 30 Feb. 1954, 21 Mar. 1963, 20 
Oct. 1959, 15 Nov. 1956, 21 Nov. 1962, 10 Dec. 1963, I. 
F. B. Common; 3 spec, 2d (slide anic 2325), Broulee, 
NSW, 24 Feb. 1962, 13 Oct. 1962, M. S. Upton; Id, Mt 
Dromedary, NSW, 1000 ft., 24 Nov. 1965, I. F. B. 
Common & M. S. Upton; 5d (slide anic 2326), Mt 
Kosciusko, NSW, 5500 ft., 17 Feb. 1968, M. S. Upton; Id, 
37.43S 145.48E, 10 km ENE of Warburton, Vic, 210 m, 
17 Jan. 1979, I. F. B. Common, E. D. Edwards; Id, 1 
spec, Gisborne, I6.xi.25, 29.xii.23, G. Lyell; 2d, Little 
Desert, 13 miles S of Kiata, Vic, 7 Nov. 1966, I. F. B. 
Common & M. S. Upton; 3d (slide H 18), St Helens, Tas., 
24.Ì.38, [A. J. Turner]; Id, Cradle Mt., Tas., 3000 ft, 
8.ÌU.24, [A. J. Turner]; Id, lspec, Burnie, Tas., 10.ii.25, 
[A. J. Turner]; ld, Strahan, Tas., 6.Ü.25, [A. J. Turner]; 
19, Wilmot, Tas., l.ii.25, [A. J. Turner]; Id, 8 mis SW 
Waratah, 1800 ft, T., 16 Feb. 1963, 1. F. B. Common & M. 
S. Upton; 2d, 1 9 (slide anic 2324), Hobart, Tas., 2.Ü.36, 
[A. J. Turner]; 1 9, Mt Wellington, Tas., 2500 ft, 6.Ü.36, 
[A. J. Turner] (anic). 
Male genitalia (fig. 66). - Spinose part of gnathos 
narrow, pear-shaped. Tegumen subtriangular, nar- 
rower at base of gnathos arms, widened with two 
long, moderately wide, pedunculi on external lateral 
margin. Transtilla short, triangular, weakly joined in 
middle. Valvula big, irregularly oval. Cucullus of av- 
erage length, narrower at the base. Sacculus curved 
and thick on lateral margin ended dorsally in short 
triangular thorn-like process. Phallotheca conical, 
sclerotized only at base and on dorsum, the latter with 
a long fold. Cornuti (fig. 68) 6-7 spines of different 
lengths, united into a curved row. 
Structure of abdominal supports (figs. 69, 72). - 
No posterior lateral struts. Transverse strut with al- 
most straight dorsal margin and biconvex distal one. 
Tergal disks with short conical spines, almost twice 
longer than wide (third tergite). 
Female genitalia (fig. 70). - Papilles anales pointed, 
with small needle-like bristles. Apophyses posteriores 
twice length of anterior ones. Sterigma (fig. 71) trape- 
zoid, curved on distal margin, which has small, nee- 
dle-like bristles. Ostium bursae small, oval. 
Colliculum chaliced, traversed by median lamina of 
ductus bursae, extended to middle of ductus. Ductus 
with spinose section about half length of ductus with 
small conical spines. Central part of ductus curved, 
almost transparent, faintly speckled, anterior part 
transparent, widened gradually towards bursa copula- 
trix. The latter bag-shaped with big leaf-like signum. 
Diagnosis. - In Australia C. alcyonipennella is the 
only representative of the group of green-metallic 
Coleophoridae, so there is no possibility of mistaking 
it for another species. It was imported from Europe 
with animal fodder and it shows no differences with 
specimens from the countries of origin. 
Biology. - Common (1990: 241, 242) has given a 
good description of the species, together with some 
information on the biology, and two drawings of the 
pupa. He indicates that in Australia C. alcyonipennel- 
la larvae feed on Trifolium repens, T. fragiferum and 
M e die ago sp. 
Distribution. - Europe, Asia Minor, Irak, Iran, 
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Japan (Baldizzone 1994:18); 
the more humid areas of southern Queensland to 
Tasmania; New Zealand (Common 1990). 
Coleophora seminalis Meytick 
(figs. 4, 17,73-79) 
Coleophora seminalis Meyrick, 1921a: 189. 
Coleophora immortalis Meyrick, 1922: 556. 
Coleophora inmortalis sensu Vives, 1988: 84, typographical 
error. 
Material examined. - 2d (slides anic 2354, 2353), 
Bamaga, Cape York, Q., 26 & 28 Mar 1964, I. F. B. 
Common & M. S. Upton; 1 d (slide anic 2331), 9 miles W 
of Paluma, 2500 ft., Q., 15 Apr. 1969, I. F. B. Common & 
M. S. Upton; 1 9 (slide anic 2332), Yeppoon, Q, 18 Dec. 
1964, I. F. B. Common (anic). Type material studied in 
Baldizzone (1989). 
Male genitalia (fig. 73). - (Baldizzone, 1989: 205, 
figs. 66, 68, 69). Terminal part of gnathos big, oval. 
Tegumen trapezoid, considerably constricted towards 
three quarters, with two long pedunculi. Transtilla 
broad and flattened, irregularly oval. Sacculus broad, 
characterized by two triangular points at the angles: 
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the point at the dorso-ventral angle longer than that 
at the dorso-caudal angle. Phallotheca narrow and 
long, consisting of two sclerotized bands, one thinner 
and sharp at apex, the other thicker with a curved 
tooth at apex. Cornuti (fig. 75) 6-7, of different 
lengths, united into irregular row. 
Structure of abdominal supports (figs. 76, 79). - 
(Baldizzone 1989: fig. 67) No posterior lateral struts. 
Transverse strut straight, its proximal edge thicker 
than distal one. Tergal disks (3rd tergite) about twice 
longer than broad. 
Female genitalia (fig. 77). - (Baldizzone 1989: 
205, figs. 70-73). Papilles anales narrow and long. 
Apophyses posteriores about twice length of anterior 
ones. Sterigma (fig. 78) trapezoid, distal margin con- 
vex with some bristles; with two folds parallel with 
sides of ostium bursae. Ostium bursae oval, opening 
at three quarters of sterigma. Colliculum tube- 
shaped, medially expanded. Ductus bursae with me- 
dian line in its first half as far as the central curve; 
spiculate section of ductus about twice length of 
sterigma. Remainder of ductus almost transparent. 
Bursa oval, signum a small irregular oval plate with a 
longitudinal ridge. This signum varies considerably 
and can also have numerous rounded spines. 
Diagnosis. — (Baldizzone 1989: 205). The species 
belongs to the 30th group of Tolls system and might 
be placed in the section of C. glaucicolella Wood. 
Biology. - (Baldizzone 1989: 205). The species 
lives on various species of Amaranthus {paniculatus 
and viridis), according to the original description of 
C. immortalis Meyrick. The larval case (fig. 17), looks 
like that of C. versurella Zeiler, 1849, which also lives 
on Amaranthaceae. In the description of C. immortal- 
is, Meyrick had placed it near C. amaranthella Braun, 
1919, a synonym of C. lineapulvella Chambers, 1878. 
Distribution. - Fiji Islands, Java, eastern China, 
Australia, New Guinea, Sumatra (Baldizzone 1989: 
205). In Australia: moist areas of Queensland north 
of Yeppoon. 
Coleophora leucocephala sp.n. 
(figs. 8, 24, 80-90) 
Type material. - Holotype: c?,31.32S 137.14E, nr 
Lake Eyre South, SA, 18 Sept. 1978, E. D. Edwards; 
slide ANic 2345 (anic). Paratypes: 1 9 (slide anic 
2370), 29.37S 138.06E, The Frome River, 5 km NE 
of Maree, SA, 15 Sept. 1972, M. S. Upton; 2 c? (slides 
anic 2349, 2340), 1 9 (slide anic 2350), 30.04S 
138. 17E, Farina, 48 km NbyW of Leigh Creek, SA, 
17 Sept. 1978, E. D. Edwards; 1 S (slide anic 2346), 
as holotype (anic). 
Description. - Wingspan 9-10 mm. Head (fig. 8) 
white, dorsally suffused with beige. Labial palps 
white: second segment about 2.5 times longer than 
third, with wide area of brown scales on external lat- 
eral margin. Antennae white, with tuft of short, 
brown scales at root of the basal segments; flagellum 
ringed white and beige. Thorax and abdomen beige. 
Forewings greyish white, sprinkled with long, brown 
scales, mainly in dorsal half, from anal vein onwards. 
Fringes grey. Hindwings light beige; fringes grey. 
Male genitalia (fig. 80). - Spinose part of gnathos 
large, globular. Tegumen constricted at base of 
gnathos arms and reinforced by sclerotized 'Y', with 
two long and wide pedunculi on external margin. 
Transtilla irregularly oval, more or less almond- 
shaped. Valvula small, with narrow and long ventral 
margin. Cucullus large, ear-shaped, compact. 
Sacculus narrow, characterized by thick and serrated 
lateral margin, with rounded tooth at ventral angle 
and sharper tooth at dorsal angle. Phallotheca formed 
by two slender and curved rods, one rod slightly 
longer than the other ended in curved point, other 
rod sharp. Cornuti about 10 (fig. 82), of different 
lengths, united into long formation. The male geni- 
talia show a certain amount of variation, as can be 
seen in figs. 81, 84-87. 
Structure of abdominal supports (figs. 83, 90). - 
No posterior lateral struts; transverse strut with thick 
and somewhat convex proximal margin, and almost 
straight distal one, more slender. Tergal disks, cov- 
ered with conical spines with wide bases, are about 3 
times longer than wide. (3rd tergite) 
Female genitalia (fig. 88). - Papilles anales narrow 
and long. Apophyses posteriores about 2.2 times 
longer than anterior ones. Sterigma (fig. 89) sub- 
trapezoid, with arched proximal margin and convex 
distal margin with some slender and long bristles. 
Ostium bursae oval, colliculum chaliced, long, nar- 
rowing into ductus bursae. Ductus medial line about 
3/5 of length of ductus; spinose part as long as sterig- 
ma, covered with very small spines; anterior half of 
ductus transparent and widened into round bursa 
copulatrix. Signum a small, oval, sclerotized patch 
covered with rounded spines. 
Diagnosis. - The new species belongs to the 30th 
group of Toll's system and according to the genitalia 
structure is close to C. versurella, a species so far not 
known from Australia. The most obvious differences 
are: in the male genitalia of leucocephala the cucullus 
is shorter and more compact; the sacculus is shorter, 
and serrated on the lateral margin; the phallotheca 
rods are more slender, without teeth at the apex as in 
versurella; the cornuti are more numerous, not divid- 
ed into two sections. In the female genitalia of leuco- 
cephala both the sterigma and the colliculum are nar- 
rower; the spinose part of the ductus is rather shorter; 
and in the bursa the signum is a single, chitinous 
patch covered with spines. 
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Biology. - Unknown. 
Distribution. — Dry areas or South Australia. 
Coleopbora crypsineura (Lower) comb.n. 
(figs. 9, 25, 91-106) 
Batrachedra crypsineura Lower, 1900: 419. Lectotype S 
(here designated) 'Broken Hill', slide Bldz 9191 (sama) 
[examined]. Paralectotype 9 (slide Bldz 9192) same label 
as lectotype; one specimen without abdomen, same label 
as lectotype, 9 (slide Bldz 9190) 'Broken Hill, 19.10.08', 
'types 3466' [collected after the name was published] 
(sama). 
Material examined, -lo", Bourke, NSW, 25 Oct. 1949, 
I. F. B. Common (slide anic 2339); lo* (slide anic 
2329), 19 (slide anic 2315), 149.1 IE 31. 17S, 9 km W of 
Coonabarabran, NSW, 533 m, 2 Dec. 1974, I. F. B. 
Common & E. D. Edwards; 1 9 , Wyperfeld National Park, 
Vic, 5 Nov. 1966, I. F. B. Common & M. S. Upton (slide 
anic 2338); 2d (slide anic 2358), 1 9 (slide anic 2359), 6 
miles W of Iron Knob, SA, 16 Mar. 1968, 1. F. B. Common 
& M. S. Upton; 19, 31.22S 131.47E, 14 km NNW of 
Yalata Mission, SA, 9 Apr. 1983, E. S. Nielsen, E. D. 
Edwards (slide anic 2369); 1 9 , 13 mi. NE by E of Caiguna, 
WA, 14 Oct. 1968, Britton, Upton, Balderson (slide anic 
2334) (anic). 
Redescription. - Wingspan 9-19 mm. Head (fig. 
9) white, dorsally suffused with beige. Labial palps 
white: second segment about 1.5 times longer than 
third, with brown scales on distal half of lateral mar- 
gin, third segment white, except for brown ventral 
margin. Antennae white, basal segment with tuft of 
short, brown scales on ventral margin; flagellum 
ringed white and beige. Forewings greyish white, 
sprinkled with brown and ochreous scales, which 
form two longitudinal lines, one almost in middle of 
wing, the other between anal vein and dorsum. 
Fringes grey-beige. Hindwings and fringes grey- 
beige. 
Male genitalia (fig. 91). - Spinose part of gnathos 
globular, long. Tegumen strongly constricted at base 
of gnathos arms, pedunculi arched. Transtilla narrow, 
long, irregularly oval. Valvula wide, compact, ear- 
shaped. Sacculus with rounded ventral margin, apical 
portion dentate. Phallotheca with two slender distally 
arched rods, longer rod with slightly curved and 
broadened apex. Cornuti (fig. 92) numerous (more 
than 20), of different lengths, united into narrow and 
long formation almost as long as vesica. 
The male genitalia show some slight individual 
variation (figs. 96-99), mainly in the shape of the 
transtilla, the teeth on the lateral margin of the saccu- 
lus, and the apex of the phallotheca. 
Structure of abdominal supports (figs. 93, 102). - 
No posterior lateral struts; transverse strut in male 
with slender and curved proximal margin, distal mar- 
gin straighter and more sclerotized at base of disks of 
2nd tergite. Tergal disks with short conical spines 
with wide bases, about 3 times longer than wide (3rd 
tergite). 
Female genitalia (fig. 100). - Papilles anales narrow 
and long. Apophyses posteriores about twice length 
of anterior ones. Sterigma subtrapezoid with proxi- 
mal margin almost straight or slightly arched, distal 
margin covered with some bristles, also present 
around ostium bursae. Ostium oval. Colliculum 
long, chaliced. Ductus bursae with in distal part me- 
dial line as long as half the ductus, and small spinose 
section about as long as half the sterigma; anterior 
part of ductus transparent, coiled. Bursa copulatrix 
round, signum a small, elongate patch covered with 
round spines (fig. 95). 
The female genitalia also show some slight individ- 
ual variation, mainly in the shape of the sterigma and 
of the colliculum (figs. 101, 103-106). 
Diagnosis. - C. crypsineura belongs to the 30th 
group of Toll's system, and is close to C. leucocephala, 
from which it can be distinguished by the following 
characteristics: in the male of crypsineura the ventral 
margin of the sacculus is more curved, while the lat- 
eral margin is wider, oblique and less serrated. The 
cornuti are more numerous, united into a longer for- 
mation. In the female genitalia of crypsineura the 
sterigma is shorter with a wider base, the colliculum is 
shorter as well as the spinose segment of the ductus 
bursae, which has a shorter and weaker medial line. 
Biology. — Unknown. 
Distribution. - Dry and semidry southern 
Australia from Coonabarabran, New South Wales, to 
Caiguna, western Australia. 
Coleopbora tremefacta Meyrick 
(figs. 6, 26, 107-113) 
Coleopbora tremefacta Meyrick, 1921b: 472. Holotype S 
'Adelaide, Largs Bay, O.L., 2.20' (sama) [not examined]. 
- Paratype 9 'Largs Bay, S.Australia, OL. 2.20', 'treme- 
factaMeyr.', 'Paratype Coleopbora tremefacta isAeyr. 1921, 
det. I. F.B. Common', 'Coleopbora tremefacta Meyr., 
E. Meyrick det., in Meyrick coll.', 'B.M. Cenitalia Slide 
9 24462' (bmnh) [examined]. 
Material examined. — 1 cT , 'Queensland, T.P.L./95', det. 
E. Meyrick, (slide bmnh 24466) (bmnh). This specimen was 
determined by Meyrick after the description of tremefacta. 
The external features resemble those of the paratype 9 
which is kept in the bmnh, but, since both specimens are in 
poor condition (wings with few scales) characterization of 
the species is thus tentative. 
According to the original description the holotype is in 
the Lower Collection, which is kept at the sama; unfortu- 
nately I have not been able to study that specimen, for in the 
Museum of Adelaide there is, at the moment, no profession- 
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al lepidopterist who can look for the types among the mate- 
rial in the collection. 
Description. - The original description by Meyrick 
is clear. When examining the two specimens kept in 
the BMNH I could ascertain that the description fits 
them well; however, these are worn specimens and 
better material will be needed for a more comprehen- 
sive description. 
Male genitalia of the specimen kept in the bmnh 
(slide bmnh 24466) (fig. 107). - Spinose part of 
gnathos big, globular. Tegumen constricted at base of 
gnathos arms, with sclerotized 'Y'; pedunculi long 
and curved. Transtilla wide and oval. Valvula small, 
with rounded sclerotized ventral margin. Cucullus 
large, compact, ear-shaped. Sacculus, curved and 
oblique, ventrally with narrow lateral margin, apex 
dentate. Phallotheca with two arched rods, shorter 
one ended acutely, longer one with small apical tooth. 
Cornuti (fig. 109) 3-4, of different lengths, one much 
longer than the others, curved, and almost the full 
length of the vesica, other cornuti positioned at base 
of long one. 
Structure of abdominal supports (figs. 110, 113).— 
No posterior lateral struts. Transverse strut slender, 
somewhat convex. Tergal disks about 3 times longer 
than wide (3rd tergite) covered with short conical 
spines. 
Female genitalia (fig. 111). -Papilles anales very 
narrow and long, heavily sclerotized. Apophyses pos- 
teriores about twice length of anterior ones. Sterigma 
(fig. 112) heavily chitinized, subtrapezoid, with both 
margins concave. Ostium small, ogival. Colliculum 
narrow, chaliced. Distal part of ductus bursae about 
twice length of sterigma, almost transparent except 
for lateral reinforcement; spinose section about 3.5 
times longer than sterigma, recurved with medial line 
extended into coiled portion of ductus, proximal por- 
tion of ductus speckled with chitine and coiled. Bursa 
copulatrix almost rounded, with leaf-shaped signum 
and smaller suboval signum covered with small 
spines. 
Diagnosis. - C. tremefacta belongs to the 30th 
group of Toll's system in the section of versurella. The 
differences in the genitalia are: in the male of treme- 
facta (specimen bmnh 24466) the transtilla is shorter 
and more oval, the cucullus is shorter and more com- 
pact; the cornuti are different because they are not di- 
vided into two formations. In the female the papilles 
anales are more sclerotized, just like the sterigma, 
which is much broader; the colliculum is narrower 
and longer; and the spinose section of the ductus bur- 
sae begins closer to the colliculum than in versurella. 
Biology. - Unknown. 
Distribution. - Coastal regions of South Australia, 
north of Adelaide. 
Coleophora nielseni sp. n. 
(figs. 15,30, 114-117) 
Type material. - Holotype: ? , Brisbane, 3.11.02, 
[A. J. Turner], slide anic 2372 (anic). Paratypes 3 
specimens, all without abdomen before dissection : 1 
ex., Brisbane, 23.ii.02, [A. J. Turner]; 1 ex., Brisbane, 
21.xi.02, [A. J. Turner]; 1 ex., Brisbane; Batrachedra 
hypoxutha Meyr. (anic). 
Note. - All specimens were mixed in the type series 
of Batrachedra hypoxutha Meyrick, 1897 (anic), 
which, according to the original description, consist- 
ed of three specimens. Actually the type series of hy- 
poxutha comprises two specimens of the true hypox- 
utha, from which Schmidt-Nielsen has selected a 
lectotype. 
Description. - The original description by Meyrick 
of his Batrachedra hypoxutha might have been based 
upon the specimen that is now the object of the de- 
scription of C. nielseni sp. n., for they correspond very 
well. In any case I give here a new description. 
Wingspan 11 mm. Head (fig. 15), thorax and ab- 
domen light ochreous. Head white laterally and dor- 
sally of the eyes. Palpi almost completely covered with 
ochreous scales, darker at external margin: second 
segment about 1.5 times longer than third. Antennae: 
basal segment without scale-tuft, ochreous except for 
white upper surface, flagellum ringed white and 
ochreous. Forewings glossy ochreous, gradually varie- 
gated from dorsum to costa, the latter white. Fringes 
grey-beige. Hindwings light grey; fringes beige. 
Female genitalia (fig. 114). - Papilles anales oval, 
very small. Apophyses posteriores about 2.5 times 
longer than anterior ones. Sterigma narrow (fig. 115), 
subtrapezoid, anterior margin arched, posterior mar- 
gin convex, with some short bristles, excavated in 
middle at ostium bursae. Ostium ogival. Colliculum 
well sclerotized, in the form of deep cup. Ductus bur- 
sae: distal section to colliculum transparent except for 
two symmetrical reinforcements along external mar- 
gin, and with medial line extended to half length of 
ductus. Spinose section about 1.5 times longer than 
sterigma, section cephalad curved and transparent 
with medial line; in the central section the ductus is 
curved, speckled with chitine; bursa copulatrix oval, 
signum narrow, elongate, covered with triangular 
spines. 
Structure of abdominal supports (fig. 117). - No 
posterior lateral struts; transverse strut slender, slight- 
ly convex. Tergal disks covered with small spines, nar- 
rower base. Disks of 3rd tergite about 3.5 times 
longer than wide. 
Diagnosis. - C. nielseni belongs to the 30th group 
of Toll's system, perhaps to the versurella section; 
more precise placement is not possible because the 
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male is unknown. The female genitalia can easily be 
distinguished from those of versurella by the sterigma, 
which is narrow and long; the spinose section of the 
ductus bursae, which is shorter; and the signa, be- 
cause nielseni is without a leaf-like signum. 
Biology. - Unknown. 
Distribution. - Southern Queensland. 
Derivation of name. - The species is dedicated to 
Dr. Ebbe Schmidt-Nielsen, with thanks for the op- 
portunity he has given me to realize this paper. 
Coleopbora borakae sp.n. 
(figs. 11,31, 118-129) 
Type material. - Holotype: S, Toowoomba, Q, 
l.iv.16, [A. J. Turner]; slide anic 2314 (anic); 
Paratypes: 1 9 (slide anic 2379), Goodna, Q, 
25.Ì.49, I. F. B. Common; 1 9 (slide anic 2373), 
Glen Innes, NSW, 25.iii.13, [A. J. Turner]; 1 9 (slide 
anic 2319), Black Mt., ACT, Light Trap, 22 Jan. 
1961, I. F. B. Common; 19 (slide anic 2309), 
23.38S 133.53E, Todd River, 9 km NbyE of Alice 
Springs, NT, 10 Oct. 1978 (anic). 
Description. - Wingspan 10 mm. Head (fig. 11) 
light brown, except for sides above eyes. Labial palps 
almost completely white on inside and light brown 
on outside, except base and dorsal part of second seg- 
ment white, second segment about 1.5 times shorter 
than first. Antennae: basal segment uniformly ochre- 
ous, without scales tuft; flagellum ringed ochreous 
and greyish-white. Thorax and abdomen light brown. 
Forewings pearly ochreous, with slender greyish- 
white line along costa, gradated, terminated before 
fringes. Fringes beige. Hindwings light brown; 
fringes beige. 
Male genitalia (fig. 1 18). - Spinose part of gnathos 
big, globular. Tegumen constricted at base of gnathos 
arms, pedunculi laterally prominent. Transtilla short, 
rounded and dorsally widened. Valvula small, oblique 
and ventrally long. Cucullus compact, ear-shaped. 
Sacculus narrow, with external margin rounded and 
strongly curved, ended apically with two obtuse teeth 
of irregular shape. Phallotheca rods symmetrical, dis- 
tally tapered, with apices rounded and curved. About 
10 cornuti, of different lengths, united into a cluster 
about as long as vesica. 
Structure of abdominal supports (figs. 121, 125). - 
No posterior lateral struts. Transverse strut, slightly 
convex, with complete proximal margin, distal mar- 
gin not sclerotized in middle. Tergal disks about 4 
times longer than wide (3rd tergite) with small coni- 
cal spines. 
Female genitalia (fig. 122). - Papilles anales small, 
narrow and long. Apophyses posteriores about twice 
length of anterior ones. Sterigma (figs. 126-129) ir- 
regularly trapezoid, with proximal margin almost 
straight and distal margin convex, with some bristles; 
distal margin excavated in middle at ostium bursae. 
Ostium ogival. Colliculum amphora-shaped. Ductus 
bursae with medial line in distal half, spinose section 
about as long as sterigma; proximal half of ductus 
speckled with chitine, and with a few coils. Signum a 
small elongate plate covered with triangular spines 
(figs. 123, 124). 
Diagnosis. - C. borakae belongs to group 30 of 
Toll's system and may be placed in the section of C. 
therinella Tngstr. The male genitalia can be distin- 
guished mainly by the structure of the lateral margin 
of the sacculus, which does not end in a big, sharp 
process as in therinella, and by the completely differ- 
ent phallotheca, which is simpler and symmetrical. 
The female genitalia differ from all others in the 
group, mainly by the shape of the colliculum, which 
is amphora-shaped, and by the presence of a single 
signum, irregular and not of the usual leaf-like shape. 
Biology. - Unknown. 
Distribution. - Southern Queensland, tablelands 
of New South Wales to central Australia. 
Derivation of name. - The species is dedicated to 
Dr. Marianne Horak, with thanks for all the help she 
has given me with the realisation of this paper. 
Coleopbora fuscosquamata sp.n. 
(figs. 10, 28, 130-132) 
Type material. - Holotype: 9 , 26.03S 127.14E, 66 
km EbyN of Warburton, WA, 15 Nov. 1977, M. S. 
Upton; slide anic 2356 (anic). Paratypes: 2 9 (slide 
anic 2357), as holotype; 1 9 (slide anic 2348), 
24.58S 129.23E, Hull River 33 km ESE of Docker 
River, NT, 17 Nov. 1977, M. S. Upton (anic). 
Description. - Wingspan 8-9 mm. Head (fig. 10) 
white, dorsally covered with ochreous scales. Labial 
palps white on inner side; second segment about 1.5 
times longer than third, outside traversed by brown 
longitudinal band; third segment ventrally brown. 
Antennae: basal segment ochreous, dorsally white; 
flagellum ringed white and brown. Thorax and ab- 
domen ochreous. Forewings ground colour white, 
with longitudinal streak of ochreous and dark brown 
scales below costa from base to apex. Fringes beige. 
Hindwings and fringes beige. It should be noted that 
the tibiae of this species are unusually coloured for a 
Coleophoridae: they are white, on the outside tra- 
versed by a central longitudinal line, slender, brown. 
Female genitalia (fig. 130). - Papilles anales small, 
oval. Apophyses posteriores about twice length of an- 
terior ones. Sterigma (fig. 131) rather sclerotized, 
strongly convex on proximal margin and slightly less 
on distal one; ostium small, oval, little pronounced. 
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Colliculum large, shaped like elongated runnel. 
Ductus bursae with medial line along about 2/3rd of 
its length; distal section of ductus, about l/3rd of its 
total length, covered with spines, proximal section, 
gradually widened into bursa copulatrix. Bursa large, 
oval, signum a small oval chitinous plate speckled 
with small spines. 
Structure of abdominal supports (fig. 132). - No 
posterior lateral struts; transverse strut, slightly con- 
vex, with complete proximal margin, distal margin 
more slender in middle part. Tergal disks, with short 
conical spines, 2.5 times longer than wide (3rd ter- 
gi te). 
Diagnosis. - The species belongs to the 30th group 
of Toll's system; only the female is known, so present- 
ly it is not possible to give a more precise placement 
in the system. The very characteristic shape of the 
sterigma enables it to be distinguished easily. 
Biology. - Unknown. 
Distribution. - Central Australia near border be- 
tween Western Australia and Northern Territory. 
Coleophora frustrata sp. n. 
(figs. 13, 32, 133-136) 
Type material. - Holotype: 6, 2.7 km NE of 
Queanbeyan, NSW, 670 m, 3 Oct. 1972, I. F. B. 
Common; slide anic 2342 (anic). 
Description. - Wingspan 8 mm. Head (fig. 13), 
thorax and abdomen ochreous. Labial palps white: 
second segment about twice length of third, covered 
with ochreous scales on outer side over much of its 
surface, third segment ochreous on inner side only. 
Antennae: basal segment with a short tuft of brown 
scales brown, except for dorsal side white; flagellum 
ringed white and brown, except for first basal seg- 
ments ventrally brown and dorsally white. Forewings 
pearly ochreous; a thin white line along costa, gradu- 
ally narrowing. Fringes beige. Hindwings and fringes 
beige. 
Male genitalia (fig. 133). - Spinose part of gnathos 
big, globular. Tegumen constricted at base of gnathos 
arms. Transtilla oval, elongated. Valvula small, nar- 
row, teardrop-like shaped. Cucullus ear-shaped, 
slightly elongated. Sacculus with vertical lateral mar- 
gin, ended in triangular point at ventral angle, and 
sharper point at dorsal angle. Phallotheca slightly 
curved and long, consisting of two rods, longer rod 
tapered to acute apex, shorter rod 2/3rd of length of 
other with wider beak-like apex. About ten needle- 
like cornuti, united into long cluster (fig. 135). 
Structure of abdominal supports (fig. 136). - No 
posterior lateral struts; transverse strut with curved 
proximal margin, distal margin straight, not sclero- 
tized in middle. Tergal disks with small conical 
spines, about 2.5 times longer than wide (3rd tergite). 
Diagnosis. - The new species belongs to the 30th 
group of Toll's system; however, the female is un- 
known, so it is difficult to relate it to another species. 
In coloration it resembles C. horakae sp. n. very 
much, but the male genitalia are markedly different. 
Biology. — Unknown. 
Distribution. - Southern tablelands of New South 
Wales. 
Coleophora rustica sp. n. 
(figs. 12,33, 137-140) 
Type material. - Holotype: â, 23.59S 133.56E, 
32 km SbyE of Alice Springs, NT, 23 Sept. 1978, E. 
D. Edwards; slide anic 2351 (anic). 
Description. - Wingspan 11 mm. Head (fig. 12), 
thorax and abdomen pearly ochreous. Labial palps 
ochreous; ventral part of second segment about twice 
length of third. Antennae: basal segment without 
scales tuft ochreous, dorsal surface white; flagellum 
ringed white and ochreous, except for basal segments 
entirely ochreous. Forewing almost uniformly ochre- 
ous, slightly variegated, with brilliant sheen, with 
some brown scales. Fringes greyish ochreous. 
Hindwings greyish beige; fringes beige. 
Male genitalia (fig. 137). - Spinose part of gnathos 
globular. Tegumen constricted medially, with wide 
and rounded pedunculi. Transtilla elongated, oval. 
Valvula narrow, elongated, teardrop-shaped, oblique 
on external margin. Valva compact, ear-shaped. 
Sacculus rounded on ventral margin, ended in subtri- 
angular, obtuse point at ventral angle; lateral margin 
straight, ended in acute tooth at dorsal angle. 
Phallotheca slightly arched and long, with two rods, 
longer rod curved, acute at apex, beak-shaped, short- 
er rod ended in triangular point. Cornuti 4-5 (fig. 
139), needle-like, of different lengths, united into 
long cluster. 
Structure of abdominal supports (fig. 140). - No 
posterior lateral struts; transverse strut characterized 
by convex proximal margin, thicker in middle, distal 
margin almost straight. Tergal disks with short, coni- 
cal spines on wide base, about 3 times longer than 
wide (3rd tergite). 
Diagnosis. - C. rustica belongs to the 30th group of 
Toll's system, and as the female is not known it is dif- 
ficult to give a more precise placement in the system. 
As far as the Australian fauna is concerned, it is close 
to C. frustrata, from which it can be distinguished by 
the following characteristics of the male genitalia: in 
rustica the pedunculi as well as the cucullus are wider; 
the ventral margin of the sacculus is more curved, 
while the lateral margin is not concave, but slightly 
convex; the processes at the two angles are different; 
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the phallotheca rods are wider and the longer one 
ends in a beak, which is absent in C. frustrata. 
Biology. - Unknown. 
Distribution. - Central Australia. 
Coleophora albiradiata sp. n. 
(figs. 16,27, 141-154) 
Coleophora ochroneura- sensu Common 1990. 
Type material. - Holotype: 6 (slide anic 2363), 
Black Mt, ACT, Light Trap, 17 Jan. 1961, I. F. B. 
Common (anic). Paratypes: 1 S (slide anic 8769) 
same label as holotype, 2. Nov. 1959 [the photograph 
of this specimen was reproduced in the volume by 
Common 1990, with the name of C. ochroneura 
Lower] ; 1 9 (slide anic 2343), Rockhampton, 
2.5.48, I. F. B. Common; 1 6 (slide H 53), Brisbane, 
7-iv.lO, [A. J. Turner]. 19 (slide anic 2355), 
Brisbane, 10.iii.l6; 1 6 (slide anic 2333), Warwick, 
Q, Oct.; 19 (slide anic 2310), Milmerran, Q., 
20.ix.31; \S (slide anic 2336), 85 miles W of 
Wanaaring, NSW, emg. 5 Nov. 1949, I. F. B. 
Common; Larva on Rutidosis helichrysoides 
[Asteraceae]; 2 cT (slide anic 2361), 1 9 (slide anic 
2362), Depot Beach, 10 miles NE of Bateman's Bay, 
NSW, 13 Mar 1970, 21 Mar. 1969, I. F. B. 
Common; 1 9 (slide anic 2335), 2.7 km NE of 
Queanbeyan, NSW, 670 m, 18 Apr. 1974, I. F. B. 
Common; 6c? (slides anic 2371, 2322, 2321, 2365, 
2318), 3 9 (slides anic 2366, 2320, 2364), as holo- 
type but 9 Apr. 1963, 29 Oct. 1959, 6 Nov. 1959, 3 
Apr. 1963, 18 Jan. 1961, 2 Nov. 1959, 17 Dec. 
1963, 18 Oct. 1959, 18 Sept. 1963; 1 cT (slide anic 
2337), 1 kmSSEofSrivenerDam,ACT, 13.iii.1985, 
E. D. Edwards; 19 (slide anic 2330), 24.15S 
133.26E, James Ranges, NT, 22 Sept. 1978, E. D. 
Edwards; 2 9 (slides anic 2312, 2311), 24.1 IS 
134.0 IE, 56 km SbyE of Alice Springs, NT, 3 Oct. 
1978, E. D. Edwards; 1<? (slide anic 2352), 23.41S 
134.15E, 39 km E of Alice Springs, NT, 25 Sept. 
1978, E.D.Edwards (anic). 
Description. - Wingspan 9.5-10.5 mm. Head (fig. 
16) light brown. Labial palps white; second segment, 
about twice length of third, almost completely brown 
on outer side, third segment brown only on ventral 
side. Antennae: basal segment brown with scale tuft; 
flagellum ringed white and brown. Thorax brown 
with white and brown tegulae. Abdomen beige. 
Forewings ochreous with white streaks along costa, 
dorsum and main veins. Fringes beige. Hindwings 
and fringes beige. The colour of the wings and the 
width of the streaks is variable, and in the female the 
colour is usually lighter. 
Male genitalia (fig. 141). - Spinose part of gnathos 
oval. Tegumen constricted medially, pedunculi of av- 
erage length. Transtilla narrow, elongated, rounded 
at apex. Valvula small, subtriangular, covered with 
bristles. Cucullus big, compact, ear-shaped. Sacculus 
with curved ventral margin, with long process in 
shape of curved and sharp horn at dorsal angle ex- 
tended to middle of cucullus. Phallotheca with two 
long and symmetrical rods, rounded at apex, more 
sclerotized on dorsal side. Cornuti 2-3 (fig. 139) 
rather small, united into needle-like cluster. 
Structure of abdominal supports (figs. 140, 154). - 
No posterior lateral struts; transverse strut with prox- 
imal margin thicker than distal one. Tergal disks with 
small conical spines; those of 3rd tergite about 6 times 
longer than wide. 
Female genitalia (fig. 150). - Papilles anales small, 
oval, speckled with chitine. Apophyses posteriores 
about 2.5 times longer than anterior ones. Sterigma 
(fig. 151) irregularly trapezoid, uniformly sclerotized, 
with convex proximal margin and curved distal mar- 
gin, with some bristles, excavated medially at ostium 
bursae. Ostium small, ogival. Colliculum chalked, 
completely transparent, except for well-sclerotized 
section lining ostium bursae. Ductus bursae entirely 
transparent, except for sclerotized disk with small 
spines (figs. 152, 153) at insertion of ductus semi- 
nalis. Bursa copulatrix small, oval, without signa. 
Diagnosis. - C. albiradiata belongs to the 30th 
group of Toll's system, and according to its genital 
structures could be placed in the section of C. chrysan- 
themi Hofmann (fig. 149), together with C. ab- 
sinthivora Baldizzone, C. kurokoi Oku (fig. 148) and 
C. yomogiella Oku (fig. 147), species that use 
Asteraceae for hostplants. The most closely related 
species is C. yomogiella Oku, distributed in Japan, 
China and Korea. The most obvious differences in 
the genitalia are: in the male of albiradiata the cucul- 
lus is wider, the sacculus ends in the dorsal angle in a 
more acute process without a tooth at the base. In the 
female genitalia of albiradiata the distal margin of the 
sterigma is more rounded; the ductus bursae is short- 
er, completely transparent, also without the medial 
line which is present in yomogiella; the bursa has no 
signum, while yomogiella has a small one. 
Note. - Common (1990) treated this species under 
the name of C. ochroneura (Lower), also presenting a 
photograph of a specimen (fig. 24.10) and a drawing 
of the male genitalia (fig. 83.3, 4). Evidently he had 
not studied the type of ochroneura. 
Biology. - One of the specimens that I studied had 
been bred from Rutidosis helychrysoides DC: this 
species belongs to an endemic genus in the tribe 
Inuleae of the Asteraceae. Rutidosis is a plant of drier 
habitats. Unfortunately the larval case has not been 
preserved and there is no other biological information 
associated with the specimen. It should be noted that 
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owing to the fact that the species has also been col- 
lected in Java it must also live on another plant 
species. 
Distribution. - Southern Queensland, coastal New 
South Wales to central Australia. 
Coleophora consumpta sp. n. 
(figs. 14,29, 155-158) 
Type material. - Holotype: 1 o\ 31.22S 131.47E, 
14 km NNW of Yalata Mission, SA, 9 Apr. 1983, E. 
S. Nielsen, E. D. Edwards; slide anic 2360 (anic). 
Description. - Wingspan 9 mm. Head (fig. 14), 
thorax and abdomen beige. Labial palps white: sec- 
ond segment about twice length of third, with wide 
brown band on outer side, third variegated white and 
beige. Forewings weakly and uniformly ochreous, 
with some brown scales. Fringes beige. Hindwings 
light brown; fringes beige. 
Male genitalia (fig. 155). - Spinose part of gnathos 
globular. Tegumen constricted at base of gnathos 
arms, pedunculi widened laterally. Transtilla narrow 
and elongate, slightly widened and rounded at apex. 
Valvula irregularly shaped, rounded on ventral mar- 
gin. Cucullus shaped like elongate ear, not extended 
beyond sacculus. Sacculus narrow, elongate, with 
long and rounded process laterally, ended dorsal an- 
gle with triangular tooth. Phallotheca long and al- 
most straight with two rods, apex of longer rod slight- 
ly curved and sharp, beak-like, apex of shorter rod 
divided into two asymmetrical sharp points. Two 
needle-like cornuti of different lengths (fig. 157). 
Structure of abdominal supports (fig. 158). - No 
posterior lateral struts; transverse strut almost 
straight, proximal margin thicker. Tergal disks with 
short conical spines, about 2.5 times longer than wide 
(3rd tergite). 
Diagnosis. — C. consumpta belongs to the 30th 
group of Toll's system; its precise placement is uncer- 
tain, as the female is not known. The male genitalia 
show no resemblance to any Australian species. 
Biology. — Unknown. 
Distribution. - East of Nullarbor Plain. 
Conclusions 
The study of the Coleophoridae of Australia has re- 
sulted in rather interesting information, and above 
all, it can give indications leading to an understand- 
ing of the evolution of this extensive family; so far no 
cladistic work has been produced on this family. First 
of all one is struck by the small number of specimens 
in Australia, compared with what we know of the 
Palaearctic region (more than 1000 species, of which 
about 400 for Europe (Baldizzone 1995). The genus 
Corythangela is transferred from the family 
Coleophoridae to the Batrachedridae. 
Of the 14 Australian species of the genus 
Coleophora only C. alcyonipennella can be considered 
a species introduced by man. C. serinipennella was 
thought to be an indigenous species (Common 
1990), however, its very wide distribution can only be 
explained by accepting accidental transport. The phe- 
notypical variation of this species that occurs in 
Australia (a form with brown streaks) could be ex- 
plained by a very rapid reaction to the environment. 
C. serinipennella is the only representative of its group 
(Toll's 8th) in Australia, while the other species (ex- 
cept alcyonipennella) belong to Toll's 30th group: C. 
seminalis, C. leucocephala, C. crypsineura, C. tremefac- 
ta, C. nielseni, C. horakae, C. fuscosquamata, C. frus- 
trata, C. rustica, C. consumpta, C. albiradiata. When 
examining the habitus of these species, the uniformi- 
ty of their dimensions is striking, for all specimens 
have a wingspan of 8 to 11 mm.; a similar uniformity 
can be found in the colour of the forewings, which is 
always limited to ochreous, white, brown etc. Based 
on the wing markings the species can be divided into 
two groups: one characterized by almost uniformly 
ochreous forewings, with an indistinct white line 
along the costa and sometimes some brown scales ( C. 
nielseni, C. horakae, C. rustica, C. frustrata, C. con- 
sumpta, C. tremefacta); the other with white or beige 
wings, streaked more or less regularly with brown or 
ochre ( C. seminalis, C. albiradiata, C. leucocephala, C. 
crypsineura, C. fuscosquamata) . Another very interest- 
ing feature in species whose female is known is the ab- 
sence of a leaf-like or anchor-shaped signum, so char- 
acteristic for Coleophoridae. Only C. tremefacta has 
one, small, leaf-like signum, together with another 
signum which is elongate, irregular, speckled with 
small spines; that signum is also present in C. leuco- 
cephala, C. nielseni, C. horakae, C. fuscosquamata, 
whereas C. albiradiata has no signa. This signum is 
typical of a group of species that includes, for exam- 
ple, C. versurella, which in addition has a typical 
Coleophorid signum. Another interesting feature is 
the structure of the phallus complex, which is, in all 
species except C. serinipennella, characterized by two 
'juxta rods', according to the nomenclature of Landry 
(1993); the presence of two rods might represent a 
primitive characteristic (Landry in litt.), while the fu- 
sion of the rods, which can be observed in numerous 
Palaearctic species (also in alcyonipennella), could rep- 
resent an advanced feature. The structure of the geni- 
talia of most of the species, all belonging to the group 
of C. versurella (which is not known from Australia) 
could indicate that C versurella and the Australian 
species have a common ancestor, which has given rise 
to a significant subdivision in Australia. Moreover, 
the phallotheca of C. serinipennella is rather simple 
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and the 'juxta rods' are very different: one rod is al- 
most atrophic, while the other shows all the chitinous 
reinforcement of the 'phallus complex'; this could in- 
dicate a different line of evolution. If the view that 
this species has been imported accidentally into 
Australia is accepted, the consequence is that all in- 
digenous Australian species so far known have two 
juxta rods. 
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Figs. 10-16. Heads of Coleophora. 10, C. fuscosquamata sp. n., 11, C. horakae sp. n., 12, C rustica sp. n., 13, C. frustratasi- 
n., 14, C consumpta sp. n., 15, C nieheni sp. n., 16, C albiradiata sp. n. - Fig. 17. Larval case of C seminalis Meyrick. 
Left 
Figs. 2-3. Heads of Cory th angela. 2, C. galeata Meyrick, 3, C fimbriata sp. n. - Figs. 4-9. Heads of Coleophora. 4, C seminalis 
Meyrick, 5, C. alcyonipennella (Kollar), 6, C tremefacta Meyrick, 7, C serinipennella Christoph, 8, C. leucocephala sp. n., 9, 
C. crypsineura (Lower). 
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Figs. 18-19. Corythangela spp. 18, C galeata Meyrick, 'Sydney, N.S.Wales, 9/12/77', Paralecto type 4/9, 19, C. fimbriata*,?. 
n., holotype. - Figs. 20-25. Coleophora spp. 20, C. serinipennella Christoph, 'Australia, 25 miles E of Eucla, W.A., 19 
Mar.1968, I.F.B. Common & M.S.Upton', 21, idem, '10 mi. NE by E of Iron Knob, S.A., 23 Oct.1968, Britton, Upton, 
Balderson', 22, idem, 'Madura, W.A, 20 Mar. 1968, I.F.B.Common & M.S.Upton', 23, idem, 'Australia, Drummond 
Cove, 1 1 km N of Geraldton, W.A, 26 Apr. 1973, N.Mc Farland', 24, C. leucocephala sp. n., holotype, 25, C. crypsineura 
(Lower). 
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Figs. 26-33. Coleophora spp. 26, C. tremefacta Meyrick, paratype, 27, C. albiradiata sp. n., holorype, 28, C fiiscosquamata sp. 
n., paratype, 29, C consumpta sp. n., holotype, 30, C nielseni sp. n., holorype, 31, C horakaes<p. n., paratype, 32, C. frustra- 
ta n. sp., holotype, 33, C. rustica n. sp., holotype. 
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Figs. 34-37. Corythangela galeata Meyrick, slide anic 2317. 34, male genitalia, 35, aedeagus, 36, detail of genitalia at high 
magnification, 37, abdomen. 
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Figs. 41-44. C.galeata Meyrick, 41, male genitalia, detail of distal part of the gnathos, at high magnification, slide BMNH 
24450, 42, male genitalia, detail of cornuti at high magnification, slide anic 2317, 43, female genitalia, detail of ductus bur- 
sae at high magnification, slide BMNH 24463, 44, abdomen, detail at high magnification of tergal disk, slide BMNH 24450. 
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Figs. 45-48. C. fimbriata sp. n., holotype, slide anic 2341, 45, male genitalia, 46, aedeagus, 47, detail of genitalia at high mag- 
nification, 48, abdomen. 
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nification, 52, detail, slide anic 2304, 53, detail, slide anic 2306, 54 slide Bldz 9187, lectotype of C: pudica Lower. 
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Figs. 55-62. C. serinipennella Christoph, male genitalia, detail at high magnification, 55, slide anic 2300, 56, slide anic 2308, 
57, slide Bldz 9186, holotype of C.ochroneura Lower, 58, slide anic 2297, 59, slide Bldz 9188, paralectotype of C. pudica 
Lower, 60, slide Bldz 9189, paralectotype of C. pudica Lower, 61, slide Bldz 681 1 'Japan, Kyushu- Wakamatsu (Chikuzen), 
20.VI.1932, 1. Tateishi', coll. usnm, 62, slide Bldz 1837 'Algeria, Biskra, 29.V.1907, leg. Chrétien', coll. MNHN. 
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domen. 
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cornuti at high magnification, 69, abdomen. 
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Figs. 73-76. C. seminalis Meyrick, slide anic 2331, 73, male genitalia, 74, detail of genitalia at high magnification, 75, cor- 
nuti at high magnification, 76, abdomen. 
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Figs. 77-79. C. seminalis Meyrick, slide anic 2332, 77, female genitalia, 78, sterigma at high magnification, 79, abdomen. 
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Figs. 80-83. C. leucocephala sp. n., slide anic 2346, 80, male genitalia, 81, detail of genitalia at high magnification, 82, cor- 
nuti at high magnification, 83, abdomen. 
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Figs. 84-87. C. leucocephala sp. n., detail of male genitalia at high magnification, 84, slide anic 2370, 85, slide anic 2349, 86, 
slide anic 2345, 87, slide anic 2340. 
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Figs. 94-95. C. crypsineura Lower, female genitalia, 94, slide BIdz 9190, lectotype, signum at high magnification, 95, slide 
Bldz 9192, paralectotype, signum at high magnification. 
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Figs. 96-99. C. crypsineura Lower, detail of male genitalia at high magnification, 96, slide anic 2334, 
97, slide anic 2358, 98, slide anic 2329, 99, slide anic 2339. 
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Figs. 103-106. C. crypsineura Lower, female genitalia, sterigma at high magnification, 103, slide Bldz 9190, 104, slide anic 
2369, 105, slide anic 2315, 106, slide anic 2338. 
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Figs. 107-1 10. C. tremefacta Meynck ?, slide BMNH 24466 'Queensland, T.P.L./95', coll. BMNH, 107, male genitalia, 108, 
detail of male genitalia at high magnification, 109, cornuti at high magnification, 110, abdomen. 
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Figs. 118-121. C. horakae sp. n., slide anic 2314, holotype, 118, male genitalia, 119, detail of male genitalia at high magr 
fication, 120, detail of cornuti at high magnification, 121, abdomen. 
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Figs. 126-129. C. horakaesp. n., female genitalia, sterigma at high magnification, 126, slide anic 2373, 127, slide anic 2319 
128, slide anic 2379, 129, slide anic 2309. 
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Figs. 130-132. C. fuscosquamata sp. n., slide anic 2356, holotype, 130, female genitalia, 131, sterigma at high magnification, 
132, abdomen. 
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fication, 135, cornuti at high magnification, 136, abdomen. 
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Figs. 137-140. C. rusticasp. n., slide 2351, holotype, 137, male genitalia, 138, detail of male genitalia at high magnification, 
139, cornuti at high magnification, 140, abdomen. 
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Figs. 141-145. C. albiradiata sp. n., slide anic 2361, 141, male genitalia, 142, detail of male genitalia at high magnification, 
143, cornuti at high magnification, 144, cornuti at high magnification, slide anic 2321, 145, abdomen. 
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Figs. 146-149. Coleophora spp., detail of male genitalia at high magnification, 146, C. albiradiata sp. n., slide anic 2337, 147, 
C. yomogiella Oku, slide Bldz 6923, paratype 'Japan, Morioka, Iwate, Honshu, 21. VI. 1973, e.l. Artemisia princeps, leg. Oku', 
coll. Baldizzone, 148, C. kurokoi Oku, slide Bldz 6920, paratype 'Japan, Sakai, 24. -30.V.1971, V. Arita leg.', coll. 
Baldizzone, 149, C. chrysanthemi Hofman, slide Bldz 5937 'Italia, Piemonte, Asti, Boschi di Valmanera, 15.V.1982, leg. 
Baldizzone', coli. Baldizzone. 
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of ductus bursae at high magnification, slide anic 2320, 153, same detail, slide anic 2335, 154, abdomen. 
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Figs. 155-158. C. consumpta sp. n., slide anic 2360, holotype, 155, male genitalia, 156, detail of male genitalia at high mag 
nification, 157, cornuti at high magnification, 158, abdomen. 
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