Cicinnus

St Laurent, Ryan A. & Cock, Matthew J. W., 2017, Annotated list of Mimallonidae (Lepidoptera, Mimallonoidea) from Trinidad and Tobago, with the description of a new species of Cicinnus Blanchard, 1852 and taxonomic notes, Zootaxa 4268 (1), pp. 53-70 : 62

Cicinnus sp. undetermined

(Not figured.)

We have seen images of two Cicinnus sp. specimens from Tobago, which are unfortunately very badly damaged by psocids. These specimens are damaged to the point where almost none of the wings remain, thus identification is essentially impossible. However, the apical half of one specimen’s wings were still present when M. Kelly photographed them, and display characters such as postmedial shading and a small hyaline patch similar to C. packardii (Grote, 1865) . There are currently no described species matching the appearance of this moth from northern South America, but there are one or two undescribed species from northern Venezuela that are somewhat similar (St Laurent unpublished). Hopefully more material will be located in the future for a meaningful determination and potential species description. Ingraham’s material was collected at light in or near the forest at his house high on the main ridge of Tobago, above Charlotteville.

Material examined. (Photos of 2 ♂ total) TOBAGO: 2 ♂, Englishman’s Bay: VI–XII.2009, J. Ingraham [leg.] ( UWIZM 2015.15.138, 139; M. Kelly photo 11609 et seq.).