Herminiinae

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 : 36-38

Subfamily Herminiinae

Nomenclature follows Poole (1989).

Aglaonice deldonalis Walker, 1859 sp. rev.

Identified by comparison with the type (OUNHM, ♀ Brazil). Although this name has been treated as a synonym of A. hirtipalpis Walker , in my interpretation, they are distinct. The male palpi are thick and rounded, projecting as a semi-circle in front of the head, whereas in A. hirtipennis (type examined, NHMUK ♂, Venezuela) they are relatively thin, straight and projecting.

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

Aristaria theroalis Walker, [1859]

Identified by comparison with type (♀, Venezuela) and NHMUK series. Material in the USNM which I consider this species were misidentified as Aristaria trinitalis Schaus , which is discussed below under

Renia bipunctata Kaye.

Charlotteville , black light: ♂, 4♀ 14–21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy and W. Rowe) [ USNM] ; Crown Point , at light: ♀ 15–17 May 1981 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC] ; Hillsborough Dam , black light: 2♂ 21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy and W. Rowe) [ USNM] ; 6.5 miles North of Roxborough on Bloody Bay Road, black light: 2♂, 6♀ 20–21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy and W. Rowe) [ USNM]

Bleptina caradrinalis Guenée, 1854

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.

Charlotteville , at light: 5♀ 15–19 Jun 1998 (Roger Hammond & Piers Meynell) [ UWIZM.CABI.8149–53] ; 2♀ 14–18 Jun 1999 (Roger Hammond) [ MJWC] ; Crown Point , at light: ♂, ♀ 15–17 May 1981 (M.J.W. Cock) [♂ MJWC, ♀ UWIZM.CABI.3596] ; Scarborough : ♀ 3 Apr 1907 (G.B. Longstaff) [ OUNHM] ; ♀ 9 Apr 1907 (G.B. Longstaff) [ OUNHM] ; 2♂, ♀ 10 Jun 1914 (W.E. Broadway) [ NHMUK] ; 3♀ 12 Jun 1914, (W.E. Broadway) [ NHMUK] ; 3♀ 13 Jun 1914 (W.E. Broadway) [ NHMUK] ; ♀ 15 Jun 1914 (W.E. Broadway) [ NHMUK] ; 2♀ 17 Jun 1914 (W.E. Broadway) [ NHMUK] ; ♂, ♀ 19 Jun 1914 (W.E. Broadway) [ NHMUK] ; Scarborough , Scarborough, Marden House, MVL: ♀ 9 Jan 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC] ; Speyside , MVL: 2♀ 14–17 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [♀ UWIZM.CABI.3595, ♀ MJWC] ; Tobago: ♂, 3♀ 9 Jun 1914, (W.E. Broadway) [ NHMUK] ; ♀ 1–4 Feb 1931 (Capt. A.K. Totton) [ NHMUK]

Heterogramma circumflexalis Guenée, 1854

Identified by comparison with types and NHMUK series. Tobago specimens in the USNM are (or were) curated as Neoherminia fadusalis (Walker) ; Neoherminia is a synonym of Phalaenophana (Poole 1989) . Phalaenophana fadusalis is a similar species but with a falcate forewing (type examined in OUNHM). Charlotteville, black light: 3♀ 14–21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy and W. Rowe) [USNM]; Hillsborough Dam, black light: ♀ 21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy and W. Rowe) [USNM]; 6.5 miles North of Roxborough on Bloody Bay Road, black light: 4♂ 20–21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy and W. Rowe) [USNM]

Lascoria orneodalis (Guenée, 1854)

Tortricodes orneodalis Guenée (1854) : Longstaff (1912)

Longstaff’s specimen could not be located in OUNHM, and I have not seen any specimens.

Physula migralis Guenée, 1854

Identified by comparison with type (NHMUK,? ♀, abdomen missing, Cayenne) and NHMUK series. This may prove to be a species complex.

Charlotteville, at light: ♂, ♀ 15–19 Jun 1998 (Roger Hammond & Piers Meynell) [ MJWC] ; Nr. Speyside, MVL: ♂ 16 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC]

Metalectra agriodes Schaus, 1914

Identified by comparison with the type (USNM, ♂ Cayenne) and USNM series. No Trinidad records.

Charlotteville, at light:? ♀ 15–19 Jun 1998 (Roger Hammond & Piers Meynell) [ MJWC] ; ♂ 15–19 Jun 1998 (Roger Hammond & Piers Meynell) [ MJWC] ; Charlotteville, at light:? ♀ 24 Oct 2015 (K. Sookdeo photo, Tobago Moths 3, provisional identification)

Metalectra carneomacula (Guenée, 1852)

Identified by comparison with type (NHMUK,? ♀, abdomen missing, Cayenne) and NHMUK series. Englishman’s Bay, at light:? ♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [UWIZM 2015.45.164]

Renia bipunctata Kaye, 1901 comb. nov.

Identified by comparison with type (♀ Trinidad) and NHMUK series. Kaye (1901) described this species as Zanclognatha bipunctata from Trinidad. Poole (1989) treats Zanclognatha Lederer as a synonym of Polypogon Schrank , and so used the combination Polypogon bipunctata . However, bipunctata belongs in Renia Guenée , based on the similarities of maculation, palpi and male antennae, comb. nov. Schaus (1906) described Aristaria trinitalis based on a male from Trinidad. Based on the type (USNM), A. trinitalis is a male synonym of R. bipunctata , syn. nov., although the remainder of the USNM series of A. trinitalis (including specimens from Tobago) matches A. theroalis (above).

Charlotteville, at light: 2♂, 2♀ 15–19 Jun 1998 (Roger Hammond & Piers Meynell) [♀ UWIZM. CABI.8156; ♂ MJWC, ♂, ♀ NHMUK] ; Nr. Speyside, MVL: ♀ 16 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC]

Renia clavalis Guenée, 1854

Identified by comparison with type (NHMUK, ♂ Brazil) and NHMUK series.

Charlotteville, at light: ♀ 14–18 Jun 1999 (Roger Hammond) [ UWIZM.CABI.3818] ; Nr. Speyside, MVL: ♂ 16 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC]

Salia brevilinealis (Schaus, 1916)

Identified by comparison with type (USNM, ♂ Cayenne, USNM series (both sexes) and NHMUK series (all ♂).

Charlotteville, black light: ♀ 14–21 Mar 1979 (D. Hardy and W. Rowe) [USNM]

Unidentified Herminiinae sp. 1 ( Figure 27 )

One image could not be matched to any known Trinidad species.

Charlotteville, at fruit trap:? ♀ 24 Oct 2015 (K. Sookdeo photo, Tobago Moths 3; Figure 27 )

Figures

Figures 25–27. Tobago Erebidae. 25, Correbidia assimilis (Rothschild), ♂ Charlotteville, at light, 24 Oct 2015 (K. Sookdeo). 26, Mocis diffluens (Guenée) Charlotteville, at light, 24 Oct 2015 (K. Sookdeo). 27, unidentified Herminiiae sp. 1, Charlotteville, at light, 24 Oct 2015 (K. Sookdeo).