Research Entomologist USDA-ARS Silver Spring, Maryland
The subfamily Phycitinae is an economically important group of moths with many stored-product pests distributed worldwide, and other major pests, such as the navel orangeworm and the cactus moth. This study surveyed this group of moths in the poorly known Sierra Tarahumara region in northwestern Mexico. We discovered three new species, 5 endemic species and 10 new records for Mexico. Six species are northernmost records, and nine are southernmost records for U.S. species; the latter are also new records for Mexico.