Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Arctiidae, Agrotidae, and Pyralidae of Guam Author Swezey, O. H. Experiment Station Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, Honolulu text 1946 1942-12-20 Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 189 Honolulu, Hawaii Insects of Guam II 163 185 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5165313 058b438a-ffe3-452b-a286-9267419b3014 5165313 13. * Characomanilotica (Rogenhofer) . Sarrothripa nilotica Rogenhofer , Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien , Verh., 26 , 1881 . Characoma nilotica, Hampson , 11 : 231 , fig. 76, 1912 . Inarajan, June 8, larvae found feeding in terminal leaf buds of Hibiscus tiliaceus , one moth reared, Swezey; Piti, 3 moths at light, July 12, Aug. 20, Nov. 4, Swezey. This species is recorded from Texas, Mexico , Central America, Bahamas , West Indias, Canary Islands, Egypt , Sierra Leone , Gambia , Nigeria , Madras, Ceylon . The record from Guam is at a considerable distance from the other recorded localities. As I reared it from Hibiscus tiliaceus which is widely spread in the Pacific islands, no doubt this moth will yet be found more widely in the Pacific area.