Lanthanaphalara Tuthill

(Figs 11, 77)

Diagnosis: Head as wide as mesoscutum; vertex longer than half its width, anteriorly projected into lobes on each side of the coronal suture (Fig. 11); occiput strongly developed below the eyes; genae not forming processes. Clypeus subspherical. Antenna twice as long as head width. Forewing with pterostigma wide and short; veins M+Cu1 and R subequal. Hind leg with small, nipple-like meracanthus; area beneath meracanthus forming a rounded swelling (Fig. 39); metatibia twice as long as femur, without genual spine and with a crown of 8 apical spurs. Male proctiger with well-developed posterior lobes.

Biology and damage: Unknown.

Host-plant: Dunalia umbellata (Solanaceae) (Tuthill 1959).

Distribution: Endemic to the Neotropics (Burckhardt & Queiroz 2013).

Remarks: This is the first record of this genus in Colombia.

Examined material: Lanthanaphalara cf. mira Tuthill: Nariño: 5 (male, female) Pasto, 23-Aug-1961, shrubs (G. Bravo), CTNI 66.