Phyctinae

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 : 10-11

Subfamily Phyctinae

Anabasis ochrodesma (Zeller, 1881)

Identified by comparison with the USNM and NHMUK series.

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

Ancylostomia stercorea (Zeller, 1848)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series. A podborer pest of pigeon pea.

Crown Point, at light: ♀ 15–17 May 1981 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC] ; ♀ 9 Jan 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [ MJWC]

Ectomyelois muriscis (Dyar, 1914)

Ectomyelois muriscis (Dyar) : Heinrich (1956)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series, confirmed by comparison of the male genitalia with Heinrich (1956), who also records this species from Tobago. This species has been treated as Apomyelois muriscis , but the combination E. muriscis was reinstated by Ren and Yang (2016).

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

Elasmopalpus lignosellus (Zeller, 1848)

Elasmopalpus lignosellus (Zeller) : Heinrich (1956), Neunzig (1979)

A podborer pest of pigeon pea. I have seen no material.

Etiella zinckenella (Treitschke, 1832)

Provisional identification of pinned material in poor condition, by comparison with the USNM series. Tobago, ex pods of Crotalaria sp. : 5? v.1967 (F.D. Bennett) [UWIZM.CABI.3399–3403]

Fundella argentina Dyar, 1919

The single female from Tobago was dissected and identified by comparison with Heinrich (1945, 1956). This specimen lacked the spine-like extensions of the sclerotized band behind the genital opening, which Heinrich (1945, 1956) considered normal in the West Indies, but found missing in Venezuelan material. Crown Point, at light: ♀ 17 May 1981 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]

Phestinia costella Hampson, 1930

Previously known as Mescinia parvula Zeller or Mescinia sp. nr. parvula , but see Solis et al. (2008). Identified by comparison with material reared from Chromolaena in Trinidad by R.E. Cruttwell in USNM. Charlotteville, at light: ♀ 14–18 Jun 1999 (Roger Hammond) [MJWC]

Moodna sp. ( Figures 3–4 )

Hampson curated what appears to be this species from Jamaica as an undescribed species, which does not seem to have been described since then. Identified by comparison with the ‘type’ and NHMUK series ( Jamaica only). There are three more specimens from Trinidad in the author’s collection ( Figure 4 ).

Charlotteville, at light: 3♂ 15–19 Jun 1998 (Roger Hammond & Piers Meynell) [ MJWC] ( Figure 3 ) ; ♂ 14–18 Jun 1989 (Roger Hammond) [ MJWC]

Piesmopoda flavicans (Zeller, 1881)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series

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

Ufa rubedinella (Zeller, 1848)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.

Roxborough: 2♂ 5 Jul 1914 (W.E. Broadway) [ NHMUK] ; Scarborough: 3♀ 19 Jun 1914 (W.E. Broadway) [ NHMUK]

Figures

Figures 3–4. Moodna sp. 3, ♂ Tobago, Charlotteville, at light, 15–19 Jun 1998 (Roger Hammond & Piers Meynell) [MJWC]. 4, ♀ Trinidad Morne Bleu, Textel Installation, at light, 2 Mar 1981 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC].