Pyraustinae, Meyrick, 1890

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 : 13

Subfamily Pyraustinae

Epicorsia sp. lucialis baezalis Munroe or avilalis Amsel

Epicorsia lucialis baezalis Munroe and E. avilalis Amsel occur in Trinidad (Munroe 1958). The males can be separated by characters of their genitalia, but Munroe (1958) did not find characters to separate the females. Hence, a single female from Tobago cannot be allocated with confidence to either species, although E. lucialis seems to be the more common in Trinidad.

Speyside, MVL: ♀ 14–17 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]

Hahncappsia ramsdenalis (Schaus, 1920)

Identified by comparison with the USNM series.

Crown Point, at light: 2♀ 15–17 May 1981 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]

Helvibotys helvialis (Walker, 1859)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.

Charlotteville, at light: ♂, 2♀ 15–19 Jun 1998 (Roger Hammond & Piers Meynell) [♀ UWIZM. CABI.4180; ♂ MJWC; ♀ NHMUK] ; Crown Point, at light: ♀ 15–17 May 1981 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC]

Hyalorista exuvialis (Guenée, 1854)

Identified by comparison with the type (NHMUK, ♀ French Guiana), NHMUK series (appears mixed) and USNM series.

Scarborough:? ♀ (no head, no abdomen) 9 Apr 1907 (G.B. Longstaff) [OUNHM, det. as Pionea taeniolalis Guen. By H. Druce 1908 ]

Oenobotys vinotinctalis (Hampson, 1895)

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

Charlotteville, at light: 4♂, ♀ 15–19 Jun 1998 (Roger Hammond & Piers Meynell) [♂, ♀ UWIZM. CABI.4181–82; 2♂ MJWC; ♂ NHMUK] ; 2♂, ♀ (+ ♂ discarded) 14–18 Jun 1999 (Roger Hammond) [ UWIZM.CABI.8164–66] ; Speyside, MVL: ♂ 14–17 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC]