Calpinae, Boisduval, 1840

Cock, Matthew J. W., 2017, A preliminary catalogue of the moths (Lepidoptera except Papilionoidea) of Tobago, West Indies, Insecta Mundi 2017 (585), pp. 1-58 : 38-40

Subfamily Calpinae

This subfamily name has been applied to the subfamily Ophiderinae (sensu Hampson, Poole) , but here Ophiderinae is treated in a much narrower sense (Zahiri et al. 2011, Zaspel et al. 2012); nomenclature follows Poole (1989).

Coenobela paucula (Walker, 1858)

Pleonectyptera paucula (Walker) : Longstaff (1912)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series. Subfamily placement from BOLD (2016). Scarborough, Scarborough, Marden House, MVL: 3♂ (+ 5 discarded) 9 Jan 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [♂ UWIZM. CABI.3594, 2♂ MJWC]

Cryptochrostis seppulchraria Hübner

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series. Subfamily placement from BOLD (2016). Englishman’s Bay, at light: ♂ Jun–Dec2009 (J. Ingraham) [UWIZM 2015.45.153]

Eudocima apta (Walker, [1858])

Zilli and Hogenes (2002) established that E. apta is a valid species, not a synonym of the Old World E. materna (Linnaeus) . Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series of E. apta . No Trinidad records. Scarborough, Scarborough, Marden House, MVL: ♂ 9 Jan 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]

Gonodonta incurva (Sepp, [1840])

Identified from Todd (1959).

Speyside, MVL: ♂ 14–17 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]

Gorgone augusta (Stoll, 1782)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series. Subfamily placement from BOLD (2016).

Nr. Speyside, MVL: ♀ 16 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]

Gorgone fellearis (Hübner, 1823)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series. Subfamily placement from BOLD (2016). Scarborough, Scarborough, Marden House, MVL: ♀ 9 Jan 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]

Herminodes concatenalis (Warren, 1889)

Identified by comparison with type (NHMUK, Amazons) and NHMUK series. Subfamily placement from BOLD (2016).

Charlotteville, at light:? ♂ 24 Oct 2015 (K. Sookdeo photo, Tobago Moths 3) ; Nr. Speyside, MVL: ♂ 16 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC]

Mazacyla relata (Walker, 1858)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series. Subfamily placement from BOLD (2016). Englishman’s Bay, at light: 3? ♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [UWIZM 2015.45.161-163]

Oraesia excitans Walker, [1858]

Identified by comparison with the type series (NHMUK). Kaye (1923) described Plusiodonta cupristria Kaye, 1923 from a single specimen collected in Trinidad: Palmiste, 8 Jan 1921 (N.Lamont). I have examined this type specimen in the NMSE ( Bland 2010), and it is a ♀ Oraesia excitans Walker , syn. nov. Scarborough, Scarborough, Marden House, MVL: ♂ 9 Jan 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]

Oroscopa abluta (Schaus, 1912) comb. nov.

Poole (1989) lists abluta under Freilla , its original combination, but I follow NHMUK and USNM usage and place it in Oroscopa , in line with the obvious similarity with other members of the genus, which is an apparently unpublished comb. nov. Identified by comparison with type (USNM, ♂ Cayenne) and NHMUK series. Subfamily placement from BOLD (2016).

Nr. Speyside, MVL: ♂ 16 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]

Oroscopa punctata Druce, 1891

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series. Subfamily placement from BOLD (2016).

Nr. Speyside, MVL: ♂ 16 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]

Oxidercia toxea (Stoll, 1782)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series. Subfamily placement from BOLD (2016).

Charlotteville, at light: ♂ 24 Oct 2015 (K. Sookdeo photo, Tobago Moths 3) ; Scarborough, Scarborough, Marden House, MVL: ♂, ♀ 9 Jan 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC] ; Nr. Speyside, MVL: ♂ 16 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC]

Poena drucella Nye, 1975

Identified by comparison with types (NHMUK, including 2♂♂ 1♀ from Trinidad) and NHMUK series. Subfamily placement from BOLD (2016).

Charlotteville, at light: ♂ 15–19 Jun 1998 (Roger Hammond & Piers Meynell) [ NHMUK] ; Speyside, MVL: ♂ 14–17 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC]