Hepialidae

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 : 4

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5169300

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FD6AA26F-0681-49CC-8728-21B768413167

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C7BD29-DF3B-A973-13D3-70CCFC52FBFC

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Hepialidae
status

 

Family Hepialidae View in CoL View at ENA

Nomenclature follows Mielke and Grehan (2012).

Gymelloxes terea (Schaus, 1892)

The single Tobago specimen is small and badly rubbed, but the distinctive fore wing discal spots are just visible, enabling it to be matched to Trinidad specimens. Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series; this seems to be a very variable species. Although this name is appropriate at this time, the genus needs revision, and material from northern South America may well prove to be distinct from G. terea , which was described from Mexico (C.G.C. Mielke pers. comm. 2017).

Charlotteville, at light: ♂ 16–18 Jun 1999 (R. Hammond) [MJWC]

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Hepialidae

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