Tainarys sordida Burckhardt

(Figs 18, 32, 46, 60, 74, 98, 111, 124, 137, 148, 158, 169, 178, 182)

Tainarys sordida Burckhardt, 1987: 314 .

Material examined. Argentina (Mendoza, Río Negro), Chile ( Regions III‒VIII [without Región Metropolitana]) (MHNG, NHMB) .

Descriptions of adult by Burckhardt (1987) and of immature by Burckhardt & Basset (2000).

Distribution. Argentina (Cordoba, Mendoza, Río Negro), Chile (Regions III‒IX and Metropolitana) (Burckhardt 1987; Flores et al. 1989; Flores 1990; Sáiz & Nuñez 1997; Burckhardt & Basset 2000, Malcom et al. 2015). The record from Argentina (Buenos Aires) by Kuzmanich et al. (2015) is doubtful and may concern another, related species.

Host plants. S. fasciculata (Grieseb.) Johnston, Schinus johnstonii F.A. Barkley, S. latifolia (Gillies) Engler, S. montana (Philippi) Engler, S. patagonica (Phil.) I.M.Johnst. ex Cabrera, S. polygama (Cav.) Cabrera, S. velutinus (Turcz.) I.M. Johnst. (Anacardiaceae) . Forming irregular leaf roll galls or crumpling of young leaves. The reexamination of the plant voucher specimens showed that the record of Schinus fasciculata (Grieseb.) Johnston by Burckhardt & Basset (2000) concerns S. johnstonii (C. L. da Silva, in litt.). Kuzmanich et al. (2015) reported galls on the leaves of S. longifolia (Lindl.) Speg. from Argentina (Buenos Aires) which they attributed to T. sordida . This record is doubtful and may concern another, related species.

Comments. Flores et al. (1989) observed two generations per year in a population on S. polygama in Central Chile. The emergence of adults coincided with the growth of new twigs.