Synpalamides phalaris (Fabricius, 1793)

Comments.

A highly variable species distributed from Southeastern Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia to French Guiana, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela ( González et al. 2010; Ríos and González 2011; González and Worthy 2017; González and Domagała 2019). This is probably a bivoltine species, and individuals have been observed laying eggs on bromeliads of the genera Guzmania Ruiz & Pav., 1802, and Bromelia L., 1753 ( Bromeliaceae), but it is also associated with pineapple and banana crops ( Bromeliaceae and Musaceae respectively) in its southernmost distribution ( Jörgensen 1930; Miller 1986; Penco 2011; Ríos and González 2011; González and Worthy 2017).

Material examined.

1♂, Brasilien, [Coll.?] Lauterbach, 1547, coll.? Synpalamides phalaris, det. A. Wanat, (Figs 1b, 2d-g) .