Gabara insuetalis, Kaye, 1925

Bland, Keith P., 2010, Name-bearing Types of Lepidoptera (Insecta), excluding Rhopalocera, in the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, Zootaxa 2394, pp. 1-22 : 14-15

Eucalypetra INSUETALIS Kaye, 1925

Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1924 (3 & 4), 413–428[421], pl. XLV: fig. 9. Current accepted combination: Gabara insuetalis ( Kaye, 1925) (see Poole 1989).

Holotype, female, pinned: also paratype Ƥ, pinned.

Specimen data: Holotype: “Palmiste | 15/1/21 ” [Handwritten (by Lamont)]. “Lamont | Collection | 1950- 16” [Printed]. “ Type ” [Typewritten in large red font] on verso “Eucalyptra [sic] insuetalis Kaye ” [Handwritten in pencil]. “Eucalyptera insuetalis Kaye ” [Handwritten Lamont cabinet label]. Label by M.J.W.Cock, 1997, justifying type designation of specimen, but under the name Gabara insuetalis Kaye, 1925 !

Remarks: This specimen collected at Palmiste, Trinidad on 15th January 1921 by Sir N. Lamont is unambiguously the holotype. A colour illustration of the species, based on the holotype and paratype is shown in Pl. XLV: fig. 9 ( Kaye 1925, Kaye & Lamont 1927).