Mniothripa lichenigera (Hampson)

Swezey, O. H., 1946, Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Arctiidae, Agrotidae, and Pyralidae of Guam, Insects of Guam II, Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 189, pp. 163-185 : 170

14. * Mniothripa lichenigera (Hampson) .

Giaura lichenigera Hampson, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. VII, 16: 543, 1905.

Mniothripa lichenigera, Hampson, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae 11: 261, 1912;

Tams, Ins. Samoa 3 (4): 209, 1935.

Piti , May 9, July 12, 13, 27, Sept. 7, at light, Swezey; Piti , Sept. 15, reared from foliage of Intsia bijuga, Swezey ; Tarague , May 17, Swezey; Fadian , Aug. 19, swept from Pemphis at seashore, Swezey.

This moth was described from Sierra Leone, Sikhim and Singapore, and has been recorded from Samoa. Now recorded from Guam for the first time. Most of our material was taken at light.