Ennominae, Duponchel, 1845

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 : 29-30

Subfamily Ennominae

Cyclomia mopsaria Guenée, [1858]

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

Charlotteville , at light: ♂ 14–18 Jun 1999 (Roger Hammond) [ MJWC] ; Roxborough : ♂ 5 Jul 1914, ♂, 2♀ 19 Jul 1914, ♂, ♀ 26 Jul 1914, ♂ 27 Jul 1914, W.E. Broadway [ NHMUK] ; Scarborough : ♀ 12 Jun 1914, W.E. Broadway [ NHMUK] ; Speyside , MVL: 2♂, 3♀ 14–17 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [♂, 2♀ MJWC; ♂, ♀ UWIZM.CABI.7938–39] ; Nr. Speyside , MVL: ♂ 16 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC]

Herbita praeditaria (Herrich-Schäffer, [1858])

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series (TL Brazil) and type of H. saturniata Guenée (a synonym).

Englishman’s Bay, at light: ♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [UWIZM.2015.15.131]

Macaria abydata (see Psamatodes abydata )

Pero albivena (Warren, 1897)

Identified by comparison with the type ( NHMUK ♂ S America), NHMUK series and Poole (1987). Englishman’s Bay , at light: ♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [ UWIZM.2015.15.125] ; Speyside , MVL: ♂, ♀ 14–17 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC]

Pero exquisita (Thierry-Mieg, 1894)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series and Poole (1987).

Englishman’s Bay, at light: ♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [UWIZM.2015.15.132]

Pero infantilis (Warren, 1897)

Identified by comparison with the type (NHMUK), NHMUK series and Poole (1987).

Charlotteville , at light: ♂ 14–18 Jun 1999 (Roger Hammond) [ MJWC] ; Englishman’s Bay , at light: ♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [ UWIZM.2015.15.126]

Psamatodes abydata Guenée, [1858]

Scoble (1999) and Scoble and Krüger (2002) treated Psamatodes Guenée, 1857 as a synonym of Macaria Curtis, 1826 . Ferguson (2008), in his posthumous work on this section of North American Ennominae , treated it as a separate genus of mostly Neotropical species, although he acknowledges (p.179) that this arrangement is somewhat ‘tenuous’ and ‘it remains for further work on the Neotropical fauna to determine whether this is supportable’. Lafontaine (in Ferguson 2008, p. 165, 170–171) lists several Neotropical species which he transfers to Psamatodes , but this is not a comprehensive treatment for the Neotropical Region, and to date there is none. The use of the combination P. abydata is now well established in North America, as well as the Pacific to Southeast Asia where it has spread as an alien species. Identified by comparison with the lectotype (NHMUK, Brazil) and NHMUK series; examination of male genitalia of Trinidad material have confirmed this identification by comparison with Ferguson (2008, p. 173).

Charlotteville , at light: ♂ 15–19 Jun 1998 (Roger Hammond & Piers Meynell) [ MJWC] ; ♂ 24 Oct 2015 (K. Sookdeo photo, Tobago Moths 2) ; Crown Point , at light: ♀ ( CIBC-MJWC 09 ) 9–12 Mar 1979 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC] ; ♀ 15–17 May 1981 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC] ; ♀ 9 Jan 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC] ; Spey- side, MVL: ♀ 14–17 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ UWIZM.CABI.2525]

Sphacelodes vulneraria (Hübner, 1823)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.

Charlotteville , at light: ♀ 15–19 Jun 1998 (Roger Hammond & Piers Meynell) [ UWIZM.CABI.7469] ; ♂, ♀ 14–18 Jun 1999 (Roger Hammond) [ UWIZM.CABI.8137–38] ; Englishman’s Bay , at light: 2♂, ♀ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [ UWIZM.2015.15.127-129] ; Nr. Speyside , MVL: ♀ 16 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC]

Thysanopyga abdominaria (Guenée, 1858)

Identified from Krüger and Scoble (1992).

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