Saturniidae

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 : 20-21

Family Saturniidae

Nomenclature follows Lemaire (1996, 2002).

Automeris liberia (Cramer, 1780)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series and from Lemaire (2002).

Englishman’s Bay , at light: 7♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [3♂ UWIZM.2015.15.21-23; 4♂ UWIZM.2015.15.47-50] ; 3♂ late 2010–early 2011 (J. Ingraham) [M. Kelly photos ♂ 10871, 10872; ♂ 10874, 10875; ♂ 10876, 10877]

Automeris zurobara zurobara Druce, 1886

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series and from Lemaire (2002).

Englishman’s Bay, at light: 2♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [UWIZM.2015.15.45-46]

Citheronia hamifera Rothschild, 1907

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

Englishman’s Bay , at light: 2♂, 2♀ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [2♂ UWIZM.2015.15.15-16; 2♀ UWIZM.2015.15.55-56]

Dysdaemonia boreas (Cramer, 1775)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.

Englishman’s Bay , at light: 2♀ late 2010–early 2011 (J. Ingraham) [M. Kelly photos ♀ 10869, 10870, 10873; ♀ 10950, 10951]

Hylesia indurata Dyar 1910

Identified by comparison with the type (USNM, French Guiana) and from Lemaire (2002). Englishman’s Bay, at light: ♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [UWIZM.2015.15.2]

Hylesia metabus (Cramer, 1775) ( Figure 8 )

Identified from Lemaire (2002).

Englishman’s Bay , at light: ♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [ UWIZM.2015.15.2] ; ♂ 16 Dec 2014 (M. Kelly photo; Figure 8 )

Hylesia nanus (Walker, 1855)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series and from Lemaire (2002).

Englishman’s Bay , at light: 5♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [ UWIZM.2015.15.24-27; UWIZM 2015.45.190]

Syssphinx molina (Cramer, 1780)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.

Charlotteville , MVL: ♂, ♀ 14–18 Jun 1999 (Roger Hammond) [ MJWC] ; Englishman’s Bay , at light: 4♂, 7♀ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [4♂, 3♀ UWIZM.2015.15.28-34; 4♀ UWIZM.2015.15.51-54] ; 6♀ late 2010–early 2011 (J. Ingraham ) [M. Kelly photos ♀ 10884, 10885; ♀ 10886, 10887; ♀ 10888, 10889; ♀ 10890, 10891; ♀ 10892, 10893; ♀ 10964, 10965] ; Nr. Speyside , MVL: ♂ 16 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC]

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).