Notodontidae, Stephens, 1829

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 : 30-32

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5169300

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FD6AA26F-0681-49CC-8728-21B768413167

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C7BD29-DF21-A957-13D3-710DFB10FED6

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scientific name

Notodontidae
status

 

Family Notodontidae View in CoL

Nomenclature based on Becker (2014).

Bardaxima lucilinea Walker, 1858

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.

Englishman’s Bay, at light:? ♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [UWIZM 2015.45.171]

Bifargia felderi (Schaus, 1901)

Identified by comparison with the type (USNM, ♂ Peru).

Charlotteville, at light: ♂ 14–18 Jun 1999 (Roger Hammond) [MJWC]

Cecrita echina (Schaus, 1906)

Identified by comparison with the type (USNM, ♂ French Guiana).

Englishman’s Bay, at light: ♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [UWIZM 2015.45.191]

Crinodes besckei (Hübner, 1821)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.

Charlotteville , at light: ♂ 14–18 Jun 1999 (Roger Hammond) [ UWIZM.CABI.8188] ; Englishman’s Bay , at light: 2♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [ UWIZM 2015.45.174-175] ; ♂ late 2010–early 2011 (J. Ingra- ham) [M. Kelly photo 10971–2]; Speyside , at light: ♂ 15 May 1982 (J.J. Cock) [ MJWC]

Disphragis occulta Schaus, 1906

Identified by comparison with the type (USNM, ♀ French Guyana).

Englishman’s Bay, at light: ♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [UWIZM 2015.45.188]

Hapigia cresus (Cramer, 1777)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series. Hapigia ‘ croesus ’ is a common mis-spelling. Englishman’s Bay, at light: ♂, ♀ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [UWIZM 2015.45.172-173]

Hemiceras conspirata Schaus, 1906

Comparison with the type (USNM, ♂ Guyana) suggests this species, but Trinidad material has the ♂ hindwing stigma more elongate, although within the range of variation of the NHMUK and USNM series of this species.

Englishman’s Bay, at light: 2♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [UWIZM 2015.45.176-177]

Hemiceras deornata (Walker, 1865)

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

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

Hemiceras meona (Stoll, 1781)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.

Englishman’s Bay, at light: ♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [UWIZM 2015.45.178]

Hemiceras pallidula Guenée, 1852

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series. There are no records of this species from Trinidad. Charlotteville, at light: ♂ (very rubbed) 14–18 Jun 1999 (Roger Hammond) [ MJWC] ; Englishman’s Bay , at light: 3♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [ UWIZM 2015.45.179-181] ; Roxborough , 6.5 mi N on Bloody Bay Road, black light: ♀ 20–21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [ USNM] ; Nr. Speyside , MVL: ♂ 16 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC]

Hemiceras rufula Dognin, 1923

Identified by comparison with the female type of f. vinosa Dognin (USNM, ♀ Amazonas). Englishman’s Bay, at light: ♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [UWIZM 2015.45.182]

Malocampa ziliante (Stoll, 1782)

This species has long been known as M. punctata (Stoll) , but this is a junior homonym ( Becker 2014). Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.

Englishman’s Bay, at light: 2♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [UWIZM 2015.45.183-184]

Nycterotis sinistra (Weller, 1991) or near

Identified from Weller (1991); dissection needed to confirm, but to date this is the only species of this complex confirmed from Trinidad.

Englishman’s Bay, at light: ♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [UWIZM 2015.45.186]

Nystalea aequipars Walker, 1858

Nystalea aequipars Walker : Weller (1990)

Weller (1990) lists a specimen from Tobago (Hillsborough Dam, 21 Jan 1979) in the USNM.

Nystalea ebalea (Stoll, 1780)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.

Scarborough, Marden House, MVL: ♂ 15 Jan 1982 (R. Forrester) [det. MJWC; discarded]

Nystalea nigritorquata Dognin, 1900

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series. There are no records of this species from Trinidad. Englishman’s Bay, at light: ♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [UWIZM 2015.45.185]

Phastia basalis Walker, 1862

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.

Englishman’s Bay, at light: ♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [UWIZM 2015.45.187]

Pseudodryas pistacina (Schaus, 1901)

Identified by comparison with the type ( USNM, ♂ Honduras) and type of Phastia maricolor Kaye (a synonym; ♀ Trinidad, NMSE). Draudt (1931 –1933) established this synonymy ; P. Thiaucourt (pers. comm.) has dissected a Trinidad ♂, compared it with Central American specimens ( Honduras, Costa Rica, Mexico) and confirms the synonymy .

Crown Point, at light: ♂ (CIBC-MJWC 52) 9–12 Mar 1979 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]

Rhogalia epigena (Stoll, 1780)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.

Englishman’s Bay, at light: ♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [UWIZM 2015.45.189]

UWIZM

The University of the West Indies Zoology Museum

NHMUK

Natural History Museum, London

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Notodontidae

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