tinctus (Thomson)

Anthrax tincta Thomson, 1869: 483 .

Villa tincta: Johnson 1924: 87 [records].

Lepidanthrax tincta: Curran 1934: 151 [records]; Linsley & Usinger 1966: 166 [checklist].

Lepidanthrax tinctus: Painter & Painter 1974: 116 [redescription]; Painter et al. 1978: 36 [catalogue]; McMullen 1993: 97 [biology]; Lamas & Couri 1996: 854 [redescription]; Evenhuis & Greathead 1999: 456 [catalogue]; Traveset et al. 2013: 5 [biology].

Anthrax brachialis Thomson, 1869: 484 . Coquillett 1901a: 373 [records]; Linsley & Usinger 1966: 166 [checklist].

Lepidanthrax brachialis: Painter & Painter 1974: 113 [redescription]; Lamas & Couri 1996: 854 [as syn. of L. tinctus]; Evenhuis & Greathead 1999: 456 [catalogue; as syn. of L. tinctus].

Distribution. Native. Neotropical; Galápagos: Bartolomé, Española, Floreana, Isabela, Pinta, Pinzón, Rábida, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé.

Remarks. This species has been collected in the arid and littoral zones. Adults have been observed visiting the flowers of Scalesia (McMullen & Naranjo 1994; Boada 2005).