Crambinae, Latreille, 1810

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 : 11-12

Subfamily Crambinae

Diatraea centrellus (Möschler, 1883)

Diatraea canella Hampson : Box (1931, 1953a), Vesey-Fitzgerald (1936) [synonym].

Eodiatraea centrella [sic] (Möschler): Box (1953b, 1954).

Diatraea saccharalis (Fabricius) : Longstaff (1912) [misidentification]

A stemborer pest of sugar-cane.

Cocoa Wattie: ♂, ♀ (♀ left forewing only on pin; rest of specimen in associated gelatine capsule) 8 Apr 1907 (G.B. Longstaff) [ OUNHM, det. D. saccharalis by H. Druce, 1908; det. as D. canella by H.E. Box 1930]

Diatraea lineolata (Walker, 1856)

Diatraea lineolata (Walker) : Kevan (1943), Box (1950), Rodriguez-Del-Bosque et al. (1988) Zeadiatraea lineolata (Walker) : Box (1955)

A stemborer pest of maize. I have seen no Tobago material, but have no reason to doubt these records.

Diatraea saccharalis (Fabricius, 1794)

Diatraea saccharalis (Fabricius) : Box (1953a, 1954)

A stemborer pest of sugar-cane. Longstaff (1912) recorded this species, but his specimens in OUNHM are D. centrellus .

Charlotteville, at light:? 14–21 Mar 1966 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [USNM]

Fissicrambus fissiradiellus (Walker, 1863)

Identified by comparison with the USNM series.

Charlotteville, at light: 18♂, 2♀ (+ 87♂, 8♀ discarded) 14–18 Jun 1999 (Roger Hammond) [MJWC]