Phytomimia chlorophylla Walsingham 1912

Phytomimia chlorophylla Walsingham

Phytomomia chlorophylla Walsingham, 1912:134.

Phytomimia silvicolor Meyrick, 1932:279. (New synonymy).

I have examined Meyrick’s type of silvicolor in the Naturhistorisches Museum, in Vienna, and Walsingham’s type of chlorophylla in the British Museum (Natural History) The genitalia of the types, and additional material before me from Mexico and Costa Rica, all agree.

TYPES.—British Museum (Natural History) (chlorophylla) ; Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna (silvicolor).

TYPE LOCALITIES.—Mexico, Guerrero, Venta de Zopilote (chlorophylla); Panama, Lino, 2,650 feet (815 m) (silvicolor).

DISTRIBUTION.—Mexico, Guatemala, Panama.