Noctuinae, Latreille, 1809

Cock, Matthew J. W., 2017, A preliminary catalogue of the moths (Lepidoptera except Papilionoidea) of Tobago, West Indies, Insecta Mundi 2017 (585), pp. 1-58 : 47-49

Subfamily Noctuinae

Anicla infecta (Ochsenheimer, 1816)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.

Charlotteville, at light: ♂ 14–18 Jun 1999 (Roger Hammond) [ UWIZM.CABI.3774] ; Crown Point, at light: ♀ 15–17 May 1981 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC] ; Nr. Speyside, MVL: ♀ 16 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC]

Elaphria agrotina (Guenée, 1852)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.

Crown Point, at light: ♂, ♀ 15–17 May 1981 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC] Elaphria barbarossa (Hampson, 1909)

Identified by comparison with the type (NHMUK ♂ Paraguay) and NHMUK series.

Crown Point, at light: ♂ 15–17 May 1981 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]

Elaphria deltoides (Möschler, 1880)

Identified by comparison with NHMUK series.

Scarborough, Marden House, MVL: ♂ 15 Jan 1982 (R. Forrester) [det. MJWC; discarded]; Hillsborough Dam, black light: ♂ 21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [USNM]

Elaphria devara (Druce, 1898)

Identified by comparison with the type (NHMUK, Guatemala), NHMUK series and Zagatti et al. (2006). Crown Point, at light: ♂ 15–17 May 1981 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]

Elaphria grata Hübner, 1818

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.

Charlotteville, at light: ♀ 15–19 Jun 1998 (Roger Hammond & Piers Meynell) [ UWIZM.CABI.8155] ; Crown Point, at light: 2♀ 15–17 May 1981 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC]

Marimatha tripuncta (Möschler, [1890])

This species has been identified as the Brazilian species Thioptera aurifera (Walker, [1858]) in the past, e.g. by comparison with the NHMUK series. The identifiation and generic placement used here is based on Ferris and Lafontaine (2010).

Charlotteville, at light: ♀ 15–19 Jun 1998 (Roger Hammond & Piers Meynell) [ NHMUK] ; Crown Point, at light: ♂, ♀ 15–17 May 1981 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC] ; Scarborough, Scarborough, Marden House, MVL: ♂ 9 Jan 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC]

Spodoptera albula (Walker, 1857)

Spodoptera albula (Walker) : Cock (1985)

Identified from Todd and Poole (1980). No specimens were examined during the preparation of this catalogue; if specimens still exist they may be in the CABI collection in UWIZM.

Spodoptera dolichos (Fabricius, 1794)

Spodoptera dolichos (Fabricius) : Cock (1985), Pogue (2002)

Identified from Todd and Poole (1980).

Crown Point, at light: ♀ 15–17 May 1981 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]

Spodoptera eridania (Stoll, 1782)

Spodoptera eridania (Stoll) : Cock (1985)

Identified from Todd and Poole (1980). No specimens were examined during the preparation of this catalogue, and there are none from Tobago in the CABI collection in UWIZM. Although I referred to specimens in my collection when I recorded this species from Tobago in Cock (1985), I cannot now locate any. However, given its distribution in northern South America and the Caribbean ( Cock 1985, Zagatti et al. 2006), this species is expected to occur in Tobago.

Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith, 1797)

Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) : Cock (1985)

Identified from Todd and Poole (1980).

Crown Point, at light: ♀ 15–17 May 1981 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]

Spodoptera latifascia (Walker, 1856)

Spodoptera latifascia (Walker) : Cock (1985)

Identified from Todd and Poole (1980).

Crown Point, at light: ♂, ♀ 15–17 May 1981 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC] ; Scarborough, Marden House, MVL: ♀ 9 Jan 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC]

Leucania albifasciata (Hampson, 1905)

Identified by comparison with type (NHMUK, Paraguay) and NHMUK series.

Crown Point, at light: ♂ 15–17 May 1981 (M.J.W. Cock) [UWIZM.CABI.3640]

Nr. Speyside, MVL: ♂ 16 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]

Leucania humidicola Guenée, 1852

Two females dissected and identified from Adams (2001).

Crown Point, at light: 2♀ 15–17 May 1981 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]

Marilopteryx lamptera (Druce, 1890)

Identified by comparison with the type (NHMUK, ♂) and NHMUK series.

Nr. Speyside, MVL: ♀ 16 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]