Condicinae, Poole, 1995

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 : 46-47

Subfamily Condicinae

Condica circuita (Guenée, 1852)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series, including a male from Tobago labelled ‘genitalia compared with holotype’.

Crown Point , at light: ♂ 15–17 May 1981 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC] ; Roxborough : ♂ (genitalia compared with holotype) 20 Jul 1914, W.E. Broadway [ NHMUK] ; Scarborough : 11 Jun 1914, W.E. Broadway [ NHMUK] ; Speyside , MVL: ♀ 14–17 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC]

Condica mimica (Hampson, 1908)

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

Englishman’s Bay, at light: ♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [UWIZM 2015.45.141]

Condica sutor (Guenée, 1852)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.

Crown Point, at light: ♀ 9 Jan 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]

Diastema tigris Guenée, 1852

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.

Crown Point, at light: 2♂ 15–17 May 1981 (M.J.W. Cock) [♂ UWIZM.CABI.3593, ♂ MJWC] ; Scarbor- ough: (W.E. Broadway) [ NHMUK] ; Speyside, MVL: ♂ 14–17 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC]

Hemicephalis sp. nr. laronia (Druce, 1890) ( Figure 34 )

This fits within the range of variation of H. laronia in USNM ( Costa Rica to Paraguay), but is not a satisfactory match to the types (NHMUK, Panama and Ecuador). In the NHMUK it is curated as an un-named species found in Brazil and Paraguay. It is also found in Trinidad ( Figure 34 ).

Englishman’s Bay, at light:? late 2010–early 2011 (J. Ingraham) [M. Kelly photo 10990]

Micrathetis triplex (Walker, 1857)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.

Scarborough: ♀ 3 Apr 1907 (G.B. Longstaff) [ OUNHM] ; Scarborough, Marden House, MVL: ♂ 9 Jan 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC] ; Speyside, MVL: 2♂, 2♀ 14–17 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC]

Figures

Figures 32–34. Partially identified Tobago Erebidae. 32, Metria sp. ♂, Trinidad, Mt. St. Benedict, Pax Guest House, 600 ft., at light, 10–16 Jul 1996 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]. 33, Ophisma sp. nr. variata Schaus, ♀, Tobago, Speyside, MVL, 14–17 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]. 34, Hemicephalis sp. nr. laronia (Druce) ♂ Trinidad, Curepe, MVL, 13 Sep 1978 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC].