Clania licheniphilus Köhler 1939

Clania licheniphilus Koehler

Chlania [sic] licheniphilus Koehler, 1939:40.

“Clania” licheniphilus Koehler.—Davis, 1964:154.

Like Cryptothelea hoffmanni this species is known only from Havana, Cuba, and was inadequately described on the basis of only the female pupal shell and larval case (Figure 186). Because of the close resemblance in the larval cases of “Clania” licheniphilus and of other lichenivorous species treated in the present paper (particularly Paucivena hispaniolae, new species), it becomes imperative that a more careful diagnosis be made of the Cuban species.

Koehler’s description of the female pupa concentrated on the pygidium and completely ignored the more diagnostic dorsal spines of the abdomen. A male pupa was included in the syntypic series, but it was not described by Koehler. Similarly, a larva was mentioned by him but with no other comment except that it was in too poor condition to describe. All of this material has been restudied, and the pupal characters are summarized below. The larva appears to be immature and closely agrees with that of Prochalia pygmaea in chaetotaxy. The larvae of the latter will be discussed in a future paper on the immature stages of the North American Psychidae.

MALE PUPA.—Length approximately 6.5 mm; color uniformly medium brown. (Appendages partially destroyed or missing.) A single row of anteror dorsal spines present on abdominal segments IV-VIII; segment iv with spines reduced and indistinct. A single posterior row' of dorsal spines present on abdominal segments v and vi (posterior row may also be present on iv but unable to verify due to poor condition of specimen). Tabulation of spines summarized in Table 3.

Cremaster well developed, consisting of a pair of sharp, stout spines, arising from the crest of a broad, conical, base.

FEMALE PUPA.—Length approximately 8 mm; color uniformly light chestnut brown. Sheaths for antennae, eyes, maxillae, and legs vestigial, minute; wings absent. A single row of dorsal spines present on abdominal segments III-VIII. Segments II-VI with a single row of posterior dorsal spines. Tabulation of spines listed in Table 4.

Cremaster reduced, consisting of two, minute spines widely separated. Y-shaped anal groove prominent; area lateral to groove slightly rugose and only slightly raised, nearly flat.