Druentica Strand, 1932

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4268.1.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6027666
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scientific name	Druentica Strand, 1932
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Druentica Strand, 1932 View in CoL

Replacement name for Druentia Schaus, 1928 Type species: Druentica partha ( Schaus, 1905)

Druentica View in CoL is composed of many similar species in several distinct species-groups, and identification of most species is difficult until a thorough revision of the genus has been completed. Two species are recognized from Trinidad, one of which has been studied as a potential biological control agent of the weed Clidemia hirta (Melastomataceae) View in CoL , a neotropical shrub introduced and invasive in various areas of the Old World tropics including Hawai’i ( Waterhouse & Norris 1987). Druentica View in CoL species are considered to be specialized on Melastomataceae ( Herbin 2016) View in CoL .

References

Herbin, D. (2016) Description de nouveaux genres et de nouvelles especes de Mimallonidae de Guyane francaise, completee de notes taxinomiques. Antenor, 3 (2), 165 - 207.

Schaus, W. (1905) Descriptions of new South American moths. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 29, 179 - 345.

Schaus, W. (1928) Familie Mimallonidae. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. 6. Die amerikanischen Spinner und Schwarmer. A. Kernen, Stuttgart, pp. 635 - 672.

Strand, E. (1932) Miscellanea nomenclatoria zoologia et paleontological. III. Folia Zoologica et Hydrobiologica, 4, 133 - 147.

Waterhouse, D. F. & Norris, K. R. (1987) Clidemia hirta (Linnaeus) D. Don. In: Biological Control Pacific Prospects. Inkata Press, Melbourne, pp. 318 - 322.