Synpalamides phalaris (Fabricius, 1793)

Gonzalez, Jorge M. & Domagala, Pawel J., 2021, Castniidae of the Museum of Natural History of the University of Wroclaw: new findings from Friedrich Wilhelm Niepelt's collection with comments on Karl Adolf Georg Lauterbach and August Weberbauer, Nota Lepidopterologica 44, pp. 123-132 : 123

Synpalamides phalaris (Fabricius, 1793)

Comments.

A highly variable species distributed from Southeastern Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia to French Guiana, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela ( González et al. 2010; Ríos and González 2011; González and Worthy 2017; González and Domagała 2019). This is probably a bivoltine species, and individuals have been observed laying eggs on bromeliads of the genera Guzmania Ruiz & Pav., 1802, and Bromelia L., 1753 ( Bromeliaceae), but it is also associated with pineapple and banana crops ( Bromeliaceae and Musaceae respectively) in its southernmost distribution ( Jörgensen 1930; Miller 1986; Penco 2011; Ríos and González 2011; González and Worthy 2017).

Material examined.

1♂, Brasilien, [Coll.?] Lauterbach, 1547, coll.? Synpalamides phalaris , det. A. Wanat, (Figs 1b , 2d-g ) .

Figures

Figure 1. Butterfly-Moths (Lepidoptera: Castniidae) from the Insect collection of the Museum of Natural History, University of Wroclaw, Poland. a. Ceretes thais male, [Brazil] Minas Gerais; b. Synpalamides phalaris male, Brazil, [Coll.?] Lauterbach, 1547; c. Imara pallasia female, [Brazil], Santa Catharina, Collection Niepelt; d. Castnia invaria trinitatis female, [French Guiana], 222; e. Telchin licus female, Brazil, Collection Niepelt, Peru Weberbauer, S. G.; f. Synpalamides fabricii Brazil, Collection Niepelt.; g. Telchin evalthe quadrata male, Ecuador, Macas, 1905 - 08; h. Prometheus heliconioides female, [Brazil], Tefe, Amazonas, Tijunin; i. Yagra fonscolombe female, Brazil, Collection Niepelt. Figures are to scale. Scale bar: 10 mm.

Figure 2. Labels attached to specimens in the collection of Giant Butterfly-moths (Lepidoptera: Castniidae) of the Museum of Natural History, University of Wroclaw, Poland. a-c. labels attached to a specimen of Telchin licus; d-g. labels attached to a specimen of Synpalamides phalaris. Figures are to scale. Scale bar: 10 mm.