Eucosma agriochlora Meyrick 1929

Eucosma agriochlora Meyrick

Eucosma agriochlora Meyrick, 1929a:495.—Viette, 1949a:320.—Clarke, 1955 [1955–1970]:39; 1958 [1955–1970]:347, pl. 172: fig. 2–2a.

TYPE.—In the British Museum (Natural History).

TYPE-LOCALITY.—Marquesas Islands, Nuka Hiva.

DISTRIBUTION.—Nuku Hiva.

FOOD PLANT.—Unknown.

The only specimen of this species that is known is the type. We did not encounter this species.

Crocidosema Zeller, 1847:721 [type-species: Crocidosema plebejana Zeller, 1847:721; by monotypy].

Parasuleima Clarke, 1965:77 [type-species: Crocidosema(?) insulana Aurivillius, 1922:267, pl. 11: fig. 20; by original designation]. [New synonym.]

After studying large samples of Crocidosema Zeller, from Rapa Island, the Marquesas Islands, Caroline Islands, Marshall Islands, and other tropical and temperate areas, I am convinced that Crocidosema(?) insulana Aurivillius, despite it's peculiarities, is a synonym of C. plebejana Zeller.