Druentica Strand, 1932

Replacement name for Druentia Schaus, 1928 Type species: Druentica partha (Schaus, 1905)

Druentica is composed of many similar species in several distinct species-groups, and identification of most species is difficult until a thorough revision of the genus has been completed. Two species are recognized from Trinidad, one of which has been studied as a potential biological control agent of the weed Clidemia hirta (Melastomataceae), a neotropical shrub introduced and invasive in various areas of the Old World tropics including Hawai’i (Waterhouse & Norris 1987). Druentica species are considered to be specialized on Melastomataceae (Herbin 2016) .