Characomanilotica (Rogenhofer)

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 : 169-170

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5165313
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5171186
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B387B8-E94D-FFA6-FEE8-8A40916101D2
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Characomanilotica (Rogenhofer)
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13. * Characomanilotica (Rogenhofer) .

Sarrothripa nilotica Rogenhofer, Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien, Verh., 26, 1881.

Characoma nilotica, Hampson, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae 11: 231, fig. 76, 1912.

Inarajan, June 8, larvae found feeding in terminal leaf buds of Hibiscus tiliaceus , one moth reared, Swezey; Piti , 3 moths at light, July 12, Aug. 20, Nov. 4, Swezey.

This species is recorded from Texas, Mexico, Central America, Bahamas, West Indias, Canary Islands, Egypt, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Nigeria, Madras, Ceylon. The record from Guam is at a considerable distance from the other recorded localities. As I reared it from Hibiscus tiliaceus which is widely spread in the Pacific islands, no doubt this moth will yet be found more widely in the Pacific area.