Castnia invaria trinitatis Lathy 1925

González, Jorge M. & Cock, Matthew J. W., 2004, A synopsis of the Castniidae (Lepidoptera) of Trinidad and Tobago, Zootaxa 762, pp. 1-19 : 7-8

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.158237

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6271432

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scientific name

Castnia invaria trinitatis Lathy 1925
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Castnia invaria trinitatis Lathy 1925 (Fig. 7)

Castnia icarus trinitatis Lathy : Lathy (1925).

This variable species is commonly associated with Bromeliaceae and is considered a minor pest of pineapple ( Ananas comosus ) throughout most of its distribution (González 2003; González & Fernández Yépez 1993; Miller 1986; Orellana & Erazo 2001). Subspecies C. i. trinitatis was named based on color patterns slightly different from the “typical form” of Castnia icarus (i.e. C. invaria volitans Lamas ) and “resembling the race penelope ” but “having hindwing above as in typical icarus ” ( Lathy 1925). The only two specimens we have seen from Trinidad were collected by R. Dick. Lathy (1925) described ssp.

trinitatis based on these two males in Madame Fournier’s collection – these two syntypes are now in the BMNH.

Material Examined: ST. GEORGE: 2ɗɗ (type series), St. Anne’s, R. Dick (BMNH).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Castniidae

Genus

Castnia

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Castniidae

Genus

Castnia

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