Spilomelinae

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 : 13-18

Subfamily Spilomelinae

Agathodes sp. nr. designalis Guenée, 1854

This is very close to the holotype (NHMUK, ♂ Brazil), but E. Munroe has segregated Venezuelan and Guianan material in NHMUK as a separate undescribed species (none from Trinidad or Tobago in NHMUK). In USNM similar material is curated as A. designalis . The recent paper by Sourakov et al. (2015) clarifies some issues with the taxonomy of this genus, but does not deal with material from this part of the continent.

Charlotteville , at light: ♂ 14–21 Mar 1966 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [ USNM] ; Hillsborough Dam , black light: ♀ 21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [ USNM] ; Roxborough , 6.5 mi N on Bloody Bay Road, black light: 2♀ 20–21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [ USNM]

Apogeshna stenialis (Guenée, 1854)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series and USNM series.

Charlotteville , at light: ♂, ♀ 14–21 Mar 1966 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [ USNM] ; 3♂, 6♀ 15–19 Jun 1998 (Roger Hammond & Piers Meynell) [♂, 5♀ UWIZM.CABI.7488–93; ♂ MJWC; ♂, ♀ NHMUK] ; ♂ (discarded) 14–18 Jun 1999 (Roger Hammond) [ MJWC] ; Hillsborough Dam , black light: 5♀ 21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [ USNM] ; Roxborough , 6.5 mi N on Bloody Bay Road, at light: ♂ 20–21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [ USNM] ; Speyside , MVL: ♂ 14–17 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC]

Asciodes gordialis Guenée, 1854

Identified by comparison with types (NHMUK, French Guiana) and NHMUK series.

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

Ategumia dilecticolor (Dyar, 1912)

Identified by comparison with the USNM series.

Charlotteville, black light: ♂ 14–21 Mar 1966 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [USNM]

Azochis ? gripusalis Walker, 1859

Azochis gripusalis Walker : Longstaff (1912)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series arranged by E. Munroe, who only recognizes the Upper Amazon series as this species with certainty.

Cocoa Wattie: ♂ (abdomen missing; dark patch hindwing dorsum strong) 8 Apr 1907 (G.B. Longstaff) [ OUNHM, det Azochis gripusalis Walk. , by H. Druce 1908]

Azochis trichotarsalis Hampson, 1918

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series arranged by E. Munroe.

Charlotteville, at light:? ♀ 24 Oct 2015 (K. Sookdeo photo, Tobago Moths 2) ; Nr. Speyside, MVL: ♂ 16 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC]

Blepharomastix sp.

A single female in poor condition is attributed to this genus in the group that includes B. saponalis (Guenée, 1854) and B. lacertalis (Guenée, 1854) in Trinidad.

Charlotteville, at light: ♀ (worn) 15–19 Jun 1998 (Roger Hammond & Piers Meynell) [MJWC]

Bocchoris marucalis (Druce, 1895)

Identified by comparison with the the type (NHMUK, Mexico).

Charlotteville, at light: ♂ 14–18 Jun 1999 (Roger Hammond) [MJWC]

Coenostolopsis apicalis (Lederer, 1863)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series and USNM series.

Charlotteville, black light: ♀ 14–21 Mar 1966 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [USNM]

Conchylodes platinalis (Guenée, 1854)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.

Scarborough, Marden House, MVL: 2♂, 3♀ 9 Jan 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]

Diacme mopsalis (Walker, 1859)

Nacoleia ebulealis (Guenée) : Longstaff (1912) [misidentification]

Identified by comparison with the type (NHMUK, ♀) and NHMUK series. Ategumia ebulealis (= Nacoleia ebulealis ) is a different species.

Charlotteville , black light: 4♂, ♀ 14–21 Mar 1966 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [ USNM] ; Charlotteville , at light: ♂, 2♀ 15–19 Jun 1998 (Roger Hammond & Piers Meynell) [♂, ♀ UWIZM.CABI.2585–86; ♀ NHMUK] ; Cocoa Wattie : 2♂, 2♀ (1♂, 1♀ abdomen missing) (G.B. Longstaff) [ OUNHM, 1♀ labelled anonymously as Nacoleia ebulealis (Guenée) ] ; Hillsborough Dam , black light: 2♂ 21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [ USNM] ; Scarborough , Marden House, MVL: ♂ 9 Jan 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC] ; Speyside , MVL: ♂, ♀ 14–17 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC]

Diaphania arguta (Lederer, 1863)

Identified by comparison with a type (NHMUK), NHMUK series, USNM series and from Arias and Clavijo (2001).

Charlotteville, black light: ♂ 14–21 Mar 1966 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [USNM]

Diaphania subtilalis Amsel, 1956

Identified from Arias and Clavijo (2001).

Charlotteville, at light: ♂ 14–18 Jun 1999 (Roger Hammond) [MJWC]

Diaphania plumbidorsalis (Guenée, 1854)

Identified by M.A. Solis (pers. comm. 2016) following dissection.

Charlotteville, black light: ♂ 14–21 Mar 1966 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [USNM]

Diaphania hyalinata (Linnaeus, 1767)

Identified by comparison with the USNM series, NHMUK series and from Arias and Clavijo (2001). Charlotteville, at light: ♀ 14–18 Jun 1999 (Roger Hammond) [MJWC]

Diaphania translucidalis (Guenée, 1854)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series and from Arias and Clavijo (2001).

Charlotteville, black light: ♀ 14–21 Mar 1966 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [ USNM, det. as D. translucidalis by J. Clavijo] ; Hillsborough Dam, black light: 2♂ 21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [ USNM, det. as D. translucidalis by J. Clavijo]

Diathrausta cubanalis Dyar, 1914

Identified by M.A. Solis (pers. comm. 2016) and comparison with the type (USNM, Cuba) and USNM series. Charlotteville, black light: ♂ 14–21 Mar 1966 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [USNM]

Ercta vittata (Fabricius, 1794)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.

Speyside, MVL: 2♂, ♀ 14–17 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]

Glyphodes dinichealis (Walker, 1859)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series. Munroe et al. (1995) indicate this species is mis- placed in Glyphodes .

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

Herpetogramma omphalobasis (Hampson, 1899) ( Figure 5 )

V.O. Becker (pers. comm. 2017) made the identification used here.

Charlotteville: ♂ 24 Oct 2015 (K. Sookdeo photo, Tobago Moths 2; Figure 5 )

Hymenia perspectalis (Hübner, 1796)

Hymenia perspectalis (Hübner) : Mettam (1999)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.

Hillsborough Dam, black light: ♀ 21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [ USNM] ; Charlotteville, at light: 9♂, 2♀ 15–19 Jun 1998 (Roger Hammond & Piers Meynell) [7♂ UWIZM.CABI.7459–68; ♂, ♀ MJWC; ♂, ♀ NHMUK] ; ♀ 14–18 Jun 1999 (Roger Hammond) [ UWIZM.CABI.8168]

Leucochroma corope (Stoll, 1781)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.

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

Liopasia apicenotata Hampson 1918

Identified by comparison with the type ( Trinidad) and NHMUK series.

Charlotteville , at light: 7♂, 3♀ 14–21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [ USNM] ; Hillsborough Dam , black light: ♀ 21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [ USNM] ; Roxborough , 6.5 mi N on Bloody Bay Road, black light: 2♀ 20–21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [ USNM] ; Scarborough : ♀ 9 Apr 1907 (G.B. Longstaff) [ OUNHM]

Liopasia ochracealis (Walker, [1866])

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK and USNM series.

Charlotteville , black light: 10♂, 6♀ 14–21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [ USNM] ; Roxborough , 6.5 mi N on Bloody Bay Road, black light: 6♂, 4♀ 20–21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [ USNM] ; Hills- borough Dam , black light: 2♀ 21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [ USNM]

Liopasia teneralis (Lederer, 1863) ( Figure 6 )

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.

Englishman’s Bay: ♀ 15 Dec 2014 (M. Kelly photo 038; Figure 6 )

Lygropia tripunctata (Fabricius, 1794)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series (under Pilocrocis ) and USNM series.

Crown Point, at light: ♂ 15–17 May 1981 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]

Lypotigris reginalis (Stoll, 1781)

Identified by comparison with the USNM series

Englishman’s Bay, at light:? ♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [UWIZM.2015.15.124]

Maracayia chlorisalis (Walker, 1859)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series and USNM series.

Charlotteville, at light: ♂ 14–18 Jun 1999 (Roger Hammond) [MJWC]

Megastes pusialis Snellen, 1875

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series. CPPC (1972), Talekar and Pollard (1991), CARDI (2010) and other sources refer to Megastes grandalis Guenée, 1854 as occurring in ‘ Trinidad and Tobago’. Other authors, e.g. Fennah (1947) and Lowe and Wilson (1972) indicate that M. grandalis is found in Trinidad but not on other Caribbean islands. While this sweet potato pest is reported from Trinidad, I have located no clear records from Tobago. As M. pusialis occurs in both Trinidad and Tobago and also has been reported as a sweet potato pest, there is some room for confusion here.

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

Microthyris anormalis (Guenée, 1854)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series, including type material of M. helcitalis , a synonym. This species group needs further work, but I have used this name on the basis of the type locality ( French Guiana) and because it is the oldest name in the group.

Charlotteville , at light: 4♂, 3♀ 14–21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [ USNM, as Microthyris asadias Druce ] ; ♂ 14–18 Jun 1999 (Roger Hammond) [ MJWC] ; Roxborough , 6.5 mi N on Bloody Bay Road, black light: 2♂ 20–21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [ USNM, as Microthyris asadias Druce ]

Neoleucinodes prophetica (Dyar, 1914)

Identified by comparison with the USNM series.

Charlotteville, black light: ♂ 14–21 Mar 1966 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [USNM]

Neoleucinodes torvis Capps, 1948

Identified by comparison with the USNM series.

Charlotteville, black light: ♀ 14–21 Mar 1966 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [USNM]

Omiodes confusalis (Dognin, 1905)

Identified by comparison with the type of O. duplicata ( Kaye, 1923) , a synonym (NMSE, Trinidad; Bland 2010), material labelled as type of O. duplicata in NHMUK and USNM series of O. duplicata .

Charlotteville, black light: ♂ 14–21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [ USNM] ; Hillsborough Dam, black light: ♂ (dissected) 21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [ USNM]

Omiodes stigmosalis (Warren, 1892)

Identification by comparison with the type (NHMUK, Sao Paulo), NHMUK series and USNM series.

Hillsborough Dam , black light: 3♂, 2♀ 21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [ USNM] ; Roxborough , 6.5 mi N on Bloody Bay Road, at black light: 2♂ 20–21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [ USNM] ; Nr. Speyside, MVL: ♀ 16 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC]

Palpita isoscelalis (Guenée, 1854) gourbeyrensis Munroe, 1959

M. A. Solis examined a dissection of the specimen listed below and made this identification. Hillsborough Dam, black light: ♂ 21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [USNM]

Penestola bufalis (Guenée, 1854)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.

Charlotteville, at light: 2♀ 15–19 Jun 1998 (Roger Hammond & Piers Meynell) [♀ UWIZM.CABI.4179; ♀ MJWC] ; Crown Point, at light: ♂ 6–12 Mar 1979 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC] ; ♀ 6–12 Mar 1979 (M.J.W. Cock) [ NHMUK]

Phostria temira (Stoll, 1781)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.

Englishman’s Bay, at light: ♀ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [UWIZM.2015.15.123]

Pilocrocis guianalis Schaus, 1920

Identified by comparison with the USNM series. Munroe et al. (1995) indicate this species is misplaced in Pilocrocis ; it may belong in Microthyris .

Cocoa Wattie): 2♂ 7 Apr 1907 (G.B. Longstaff) [ OUNHM] ; Speyside, MVL: ♂ 14–17 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC]

Polygrammodes eleuata (Fabricius, 1777)

This species has commonly been referred to as P. elevata in the past (e.g. Munroe et al. 1995), but Fabricius’ original spelling as used by Nuss et al. (2003–2015) is used here. Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series (arranged by E. Munroe) and USNM series.

Hillsborough Dam, black light: 2♂ 21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [ USNM] ; Speyside, MVL: ♂ 14–17 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC]

Polygrammodes ostrealis (Guenée, 1854)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series (arranged by E. Munroe).

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

Rhectocraspeda periusalis (Walker, 1859)

Identified by comparison with the USNM series; ♀ is darker, with a purple flush when fresh. The type ( NHMUK) is in poor condition, but the NHMUK series is a reasonable match .

Crown Point, at light: 2♀ 15–17 May 1981 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]

Salbia flabellalis Guenée, 1854

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.

Charlotteville, at light: ♂ 15–19 Jun 1998 (Roger Hammond & Piers Meynell) [ UWIZM.CABI.4178] ; ♀ 14–18 Jun 1999 (Roger Hammond) [ UWIZM.CABI.8169] ; Speyside, MVL: ♀ 14–17 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC]

Samea castellalis Guenée, 1854

Identified by comparison with the lectotype of S. disertalis Walker (NHMUK, ♂ Honduras), a synonym ( Landry 2016).

Crown Point, at light: ♀ 15–17 May 1981 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC] ; Charlotteville, at light: 3♀ 15–19 Jun 1998 (Roger Hammond & Piers Meynell) [2♀ UWIZM.CABI.4183–84; ♀ NHMUK]

Sparagmia gonoptera gonoptera (Latreille, 1829)

Identified by comparison with the USNM series.

Roxborough, 6.5 mi N on Bloody Bay Road, at black light: ♂ 20–21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [USNM]

Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)

Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius) : Landry (2016)

One or more specimens are in NHMUK ( Landry 2016).

Steniodes declivalis (Dyar, 1914)

Identified by comparison with the USNM series.

Charlotteville, at light: ♀ 15–19 Jun 1998 (Roger Hammond & Piers Meynell) [ MJWC] ; Hillsborough Dam, black light: ♂ 21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [ USNM]

Synclera jarbusalis (Walker, 1859)

Synclera jarbusalis (Walker) : Landry (2016)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series and USNM series.

Charlotteville , black light: ♂ 14–21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [ USNM] ; Charlotteville , at light: 2♂, 2♀ 15–19 Jun 1998 (Roger Hammond & Piers Meynell) [♂, ♀ UWIZM.CABI.2637, 2641; ♀ MJWC; ♂ NHMUK] ; ♂ 14–18 Jun 1999 (Roger Hammond) [ UWIZM.CABI.8167] ; Hillsborough Dam , black light: ♀ 21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [ USNM] ; Scarborough , Marden House, MVL: ♂ 9 Jan 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC]

Syngamia florella (Stoll, 1781)

Syngamia florella (Stoll) : Mettam (1999), Landry (2016)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK and USNM series.

Charlotteville :? ♀, at Bidens pilosa flowers, 24 Oct 2015 (K. Sookdeo photo, Tobago Moths 2) Charlotteville, black light: 2♂ 14–21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [ USNM] ; Charlotteville , at light: ♂ 15–19 Jun 1998 (Roger Hammond & Piers Meynell) [ MJWC] ; Charlotteville , River Bridge: ♀ 12–21 Mar 1966 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [ USNM]

Terastia meticulosalis Guenée, 1854

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK and USNM series.

Roxborough, 6.5 mi N on Bloody Bay Road, black light: 2♀ 20–21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy & W. Rowe) [USNM]

Figures

Figures 5–8. Tobago moths recorded from images of living adults. 5, Herpetogramma omphalobasis (Hampson) (Crambidae) ♂, Charlotteville, 24 Oct 2015 (K. Sookdeo).6, Liopasia teneralis (Lederer) (Crambidae) ♀ Englishman’s Bay, 15 Dec 2014 (M. Kelly).7, Euprosterna aroensis (Schaus) (Limacodidae) ♂ Charlotteville, at light, 24 Oct 2015 (K. Sookdeo). 8, Hylesia metabus (Cramer) (Saturniidae) ♂ Englishman’s Bay, at light, 16 Dec 2014 (M. Kelly).