Erebinae, Leach, 1815
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5169300 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FD6AA26F-0681-49CC-8728-21B768413167 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C7BD29-DF17-A95B-13D3-748CFB51F84A |
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Felipe |
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Erebinae |
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Subfamily Erebinae
Classification follows Zahiri et al. (2012), although groups below subfamily are not presented. Nomen- clature follows Poole (1989), except as indicated.
Antachara mexicana (Hampson, 1909)
Identified by comparison with the type (NHMUK, Mexico) and from Thöny (1999). No Trinidad records. Nr. Speyside, MVL: ♂ 16 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]
Antiblemma acclinalis Hübner, 1823
Antiblemma acclinalis Hübner : Julien and Griffiths (1998), Conant 2000, Conant 2009, Conant et al. (2013), Winston et al. (2014)
Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series. This species was introduced into Hawaii from Tobago, for the biological control of Clidemia hirta (Melastomataceae) ( Conant 2000, 2009; Conant et al. 2013).
Antiblemma brassorata Kaye, 1925
Identified by comparison with the type (NHMUK, Trinidad, battered). This species may well belong in Carteris ( Erebidae View in CoL , Herminiinae).
Crown Point, at light: ♂ 15–17 May 1981 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]
Antiblemma bistriata (Butler, 1879)
Poole (1989) treats Antiblemma linula (Guenée, 1852) , A. bistriata (Butler) and A. mundicola (Walker, 1865) as valid species. In the NHMUK, A. bistriata is treated as a synonym of A. linula , whereas in the USNM A. biseriata is treated as a synonym of A. mundicola . I have not seen the type of A. linula (TL unknown; in MNHN, Paris according to Poole 1989), but I have examined the types of A. bistriata (NHMUK, Brazil, Amazonas) and mundicola (OUNHM, Brazil, Rio Janeiro) and find they are distinct species, both of which occur in Trinidad, but only A. bistriata in Tobago. Hence, I have used the name A. bistriata for this species, although further study may show it to be a synonym of A. linula .
Scarborough, Scarborough, Marden House, MVL: ♂ 9 Jan 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]
Ascalapha odorata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.
Englishman’s Bay, at light: ♀ late 2010–early 2011 (J. Ingraham) [M. Kelly photos]
Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.
Englishman’s Bay , at light:? ♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [ UWIZM 2015.45.145] ; Scarborough , Scar- borough, Marden House, MVL: ♀ 9 Jan 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC]
Coenipeta capensis (Cramer, 1777)
Identified by comparison with NHMUK series.
Englishman’s Bay, at light: 2? ♂ Jun–Dec2009 (J. Ingraham) [UWIZM 2015.45.151-152]
Euclystis guerini (Guenée, 1852)
Identified by comparison with NHMUK series.
Englishman’s Bay, at light: 2? ♂ Jun–Dec2009 (J. Ingraham) [UWIZM 2015.45.154-155]
Euclystis insana (Guenée, 1852)
Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.
Nr. Speyside, MVL: ♂ 16 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]
Euclystis manto (Cramer, 1776)
Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.
Nr. Speyside, MVL: ♀ 16 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]
Hemeroblemma leontia (Stoll, 1790)
Hemeroblemma leontia Stoll is not included in Poole (1989), perhaps because it has been placed in the geometrid genus Melanchroia . Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series, the H. leontia phenotype is the male of a sexually dimorphic species. The female has been treated as the Cuban H. rengus (Poey, 1832) , which in turn has been treated a synonym of the male H. numeria (Drury, 1773) from Jamaica (Núñez Aguila and Barro Cañamero 2012). Although, the female of H. leontia certainly resembles the female H. rengus , and they are treated as synonyms in the NHMUK, synonymy has not been investigated for this publication as H. leontia , described from Surinam is anyway the older name and satisfactory for use for the species that occurs in Trinidad and Tobago.
Englishman’s Bay, at light: ♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [UWIZM 2015.45.156]
Itomia opistographa Guenée, 1852
Identified by comparison with the the NHMUK series.
Scarborough, Scarborough, Marden House, MVL: ♀ (abdomen missing) 9 Jan 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]
Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series. This species has also been placed in Obroatis (e.g. NHMUK), but I have not investigated this.
Englishman’s Bay, at light: 2? ♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [UWIZM 2015.45.165-166]
Lesmone formularis (Geyer, 1837)
Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.
Crown Point, at light: ♂, 2♀ 15–17 May 1981 (M.J.W. Cock) [♂ UWIZM.CABI.3599, 2♀ MJWC] ; ♂, ♀ 9 Jan 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [♂ MJWC, ♀ UWIZM.CABI.3598]; Scarborough, Scarborough, Marden House, MVL: ♂, ♀ 9 Jan 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [♂ MJWC, ♀ UWIZM.CABI.3578]
Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.
Englishman’s Bay , at light: 2? ♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [ UWIZM 2015.45.157-158] ; Speyside , MVL: ♀ 16 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC]
This generic placement follows ( Berio [1991]) and subsequent authors, e.g. Barbut et al. (2012). Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.
Charlotteville, at light: ♂ 24 Oct 2015 (K. Sookdeo photo, Tobago Moths 1) ; Scarborough, Scarborough, Marden House, MVL: ♂ 9 Jan 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC] ; Nr. Speyside, fruit trap: ♂ 17 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC]
Feigeria magna (Gmelin, [1790])
As for the last, this generic placement follows ( Berio [1991]). Identified by comparison with the the NHMUK series.
Charlotteville, at light: ♂ 24 Oct 2015 (K. Sookdeo photo, Tobago Moths 1) ; Englishman’s Bay , at light: 2♀ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [ UWIZM 2015.45.159-160]
Melipotis decreta Walker, [1858]
Trinidad specimen identified by V.O. Becker.
Roxborough: 5 Jul 1914 (W.E. Broadway) [NHMUK]
Melipotis famelica (Guenée, 1852)
Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.
Crown Point, at light: ♀ 15–17 May 1981 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC] ; ♀ 9 Jan 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC] ; Nr. Speyside, MVL: ♀ 14–17 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ UWIZM.CABI.3590]
Melipotis fasciolaris (Hübner, [1831])
Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.
Charlotteville, at light: ♀ 24 Oct 2015 (K. Sookdeo photo, Tobago Moths 3) ; Nr. Speyside, MVL: ♂ 16 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC]
Melipotis perpendicularis (Guenée, 1852)
Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series. No Trinidad records.
Scarborough, Scarborough, Marden House, MVL: ♀ 9 Jan 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC] Metria celia (Stoll, 1782)
Identified by comparison with the the NHMUK series.
Englishman’s Bay, at light: 3♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [UWIZM 2015.45.146-148]
Identified by comparison with type (USNM, ♂ Panama) and NHMUK series.
Englishman’s Bay, at light: ♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [UWIZM 2015.45.149]
Metria sp. ( Figure 32 View Figures 32–34 )
This species resembles M. demera (above) and M. simplicior (Walker) (identified by comparison with the type and NHMUK series), but does not match either. Similar specimens have been noted from Trinidad (MJWC; Figure 32 View Figures 32–34 ) and French Guyana (USNM).
Englishman’s Bay , at light: ♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [ UWIZM 2015.45.150] ; Tobago: ♂ 9 Jun 1914 (W.E. Broadway) [ NHMUK]
Mocis diffluens (Guenée, 1852) ( Figure 26 View Figures 25–27 )
Charlotteville, at light:? ♀ 24 Oct 2015 (K. Sookdeo photo, Tobago Moths 3; Figure 26 View Figures 25–27 )
Mocis disseverans (Walker, 1858)
Identified by comparison with the type (NHMUK, ♂ Florida) and NHMUK series.
Scarborough, Scarborough, Marden House, MVL: ♀ 9 Jan 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]
Identified by comparison with the types (NHMUK) and NHMUK series.
Nr. Speyside, MVL: ♂ 16 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]
Ophisma sp. nr. variata Schaus, 1901 ( Figure 33 View Figures 32–34 )
This species is close to O. variata , and although it is included in the series of that species in NHMUK, they are separated in USNM. E.L. Todd dissected a male and female of each in the USNM and considered them different.
Englishman’s Bay , at light: 2? ♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [ UWIZM 2015.45.142-142] ; Speyside , MVL: ♀ 14–17 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC] ( Figure 33 View Figures 32–34 )
Perasia garnoti (Guenée, 1852)
Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.
Crown Point , at light: ♂ 15–17 May 1981 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC] ; Scarborough , Scarborough, Marden House, MVL: 4♂ 9 Jan 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [♂ UWIZM.CABI.3578, 3♂ MJWC] ; Tobago: ♂ 1–4 Feb 1931, Capt. A.K. Totton [ NHMUK]
Pseudophisma diatonica (Möschler, 1880)
Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.
Englishman’s Bay, at light:? ♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [UWIZM 2015.45.144]
Ptichodis dorsalis (Fabricius, 1797) , comb. nov.
Identified by comparison with the types of P. dorsalis (NHMUK, Brazil), P. basilans Guenée (NHMUK, ♂ Brazil) and P. agrapta Hampson, 1913 (NHMUK, ♂ British Guiana). Poole (1989) includes the species Noctua auct . dorsalis Fabricius, 1797 , Ptichodis basilans (Guenée, 1852) and P. agrapta (Hampson, 1913) as valid (although he misspells the genus Ptichodis Hübner, 1818 as Ptichodes ). In the card index of the NHMUK (LepIndex; Beccaloni et al. 2003), Noctua dorsalis is placed in the genus Ptichodis , and although this combination occurs commonly on the internet, I have not traced any formal publication of this, so here I consider it a comb. nov. Furthermore, the NHMUK card index ( Beccaloni et al. 2003) is annotated to the effect that there are syntypes of P. dorsalis in the Banks collection and in the NHMUK, and of P. basilans in the NHMUK, and that [I.W.B.] Nye recognised P. basilans as a synonym of P. dorsalis . Again this does not seem to have been published, so I treat this as a syn. nov. Nye (1966 in Beccaloni et al. 2003). In Trinidad, I have observed that the male of P. dorsalis is variable with regard to a black discal streak on dorsal foreing, which may be strong, weak, or more or less absent. Hampson (1918) described two males from British Guiana (i.e. Guyana), of the form with the streak absent as P. agrapta , syn. nov.
Charlotteville , at light: ♀ 15–19 Jun 1998 (Roger Hammond & Piers Meynell) [ UWIZM.CABI.8157] ; Roxborough : ♂ 5 Jul 1914, W.E. Broadway [ NHMUK as P. agrapta ] ; Scarborough , Scarborough, Marden House, MVL: 5♂, 3♀ (+ 5♂ discarded) 9 Jan 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [3♂, ♀ UWIZM.CABI.3581–84; 2♂, 2♀ MJWC] ; Tobago: ♀ 9 Jun 1914, W.E. Broadway [ NHMUK as P. agrapta ]
Ptichodis crucis (Fabricius, 1794)
Poaphila immunis (Guenée) : Longstaff (1912) [synonym]
Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.
Charlotteville, at light: ♀ 24 Oct 2015 (K. Sookdeo photo, Tobago Moths 3) ; Crown Point, at light: ♂, ♀ 15–17 May 1981 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC] ; Scarborough, Scarborough, Marden House, MVL: 4♂, 2♀ 9 Jan 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC]
Thysania zenobia (Cramer, 1777)
Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.
Englishman’s Bay, at light: ♀ late 2010–early 2011 (J. Ingraham) [M. Kelly photos 10880, 10881]
Tyrissa multilinea Barnes and McDunnough, 1913
Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.
Scarborough, Scarborough, Marden House, MVL: ♂ 9 Jan 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]
Identified by comparison with Zagatti et al. (2006) and the NHMUK series of Z. terrosa (Guenée) , a synonym.
Scarborough, Scarborough, Marden House, MVL: ♀ 9 Jan 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]
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The University of the West Indies Zoology Museum |
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Natural History Museum, London |
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Erebinae
| Cock, Matthew J. W. 2017 |
Antiblemma brassorata
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Carteris
| Dognin 1914 |
Antiblemma acclinalis Hübner
| Hubner 1823 |
Erebidae
| Leach 1815 |