Ciriacremum Enderlein

(Figs 27, 55, 66, 82)

Diagnosis: Body matt, moderately covered with short hairs (Fig. 66). Head wider than pronotum; genae from slightly swollen to having well-developed processes; anteoccipital lobes present (Fig. 27). Antennae from 1.2 to more than 5.5 times longer than head width; segments bearing short hairs. Forewing ellipsoid, usually hyaline, rarely with dark pattern; pterostigma present; veins usually bearing short hairs; long crossvein rs-m present (Fig.

55). Protibia with or without a single seta dorsally; meracanthus prominent; metatibia with genual spine and 1+3+1 apical spurs.

Biology and damage: Immatures are free-living (Hollis 1976).

Host-plants: Caesalpinioid Fabaceae (Hollis 1976) .

Distribution: Afrotropical, one described species in the Neotropics (Hodkinson 1989).

Remarks: This is the first record of this genus in Colombia. Ciriacremum setosum Crawford, reported from Guyana and Nicaragua (Hodkinson & White 1981), is the only described Neotropical species but the genus is represented by several undescribed species in Central and South America (NHMB data).

Examined material: Ciriacremum sp.: Santander: 1 (female), Cimitarra, Corr. Puerto Olaya , Central Termocentro ISAGEN, 110 m, 31-Aug-2005, white light trap (M. Castaño & C. Rivera), CEUA 89018 . Magdalena: 1 (female), Parque Tayrona a pueblito, 21-Aug-1976 (C. Kluger & F. Martínez), IAvH-E-161403.