Matériel type : Hiva Oa: Kopaafaa, altitude 2,770 feet, August 2, 1929, sweeping on Metrosideros collina and miscellaneous plants, 3 specimens, type and paratypes, Mumford and Adamson.
Nuku Hiva: Ooumu, altitude 3,700 feet, December 13, 1929, beating on shrub F. no. 592, 1 specimen, Mumford and Adamson.