Catephia acronyctoides (Guenee), 1816

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 : 173

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5165313
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5223144
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scientific name	Catephia acronyctoides (Guenee)
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24. Catephia acronyctoides (Guenee) ,

Spec. Gen., Noct. 3: 47, 1852; Hampson, Moths of India 2: 482, 1894; Tams, Ins. Samoa 3 (4): 219, 1935.

Piti , Oct. 14, two specimens, at light, Nov. 3, in garage at Agricultural School , Swezey.

This moth is widely distributed from west and south Africa, throughout India, Ceylon, Burma, Andaman Islands, Java, Australia, Samoa. Now recorded from Guam for the first time. Identified by comparison with specimens in the U. S. National Museum.