A synopsis of the Castniidae (Lepidoptera) of Trinidad and Tobago Author González, Jorge M. Author Cock, Matthew J. W. text Zootaxa 2004 762 1 19 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.158237 19cf13dc-ccff-48cd-bd4f-c5d3f2593c96 1175­5326 158237 92392970-95FD-4341-AE4B-C1C61D8C0B1F Eupalamides cyparissias cyparissias ( Fabricius 1776 ) (Fig. 1) This is a well known pest of oil palm ( Elaeis guianeensis ), coconut ( Cocos nucifera ), and other palms ( Arecaceae ) in the near­by countries of Guyana and Surinam ( Miller 1986 , 1987 ). It can be easily distinguished from E. guyanensis (Houlbert) (common in near­by Venezuela ) by the presence of long, thread­like scales that cover half of the under side of the forewing ( González 1999 ). Although Cock (1985) states that this species [cited as Lapaeumides dedalus (Cramer) ] is restricted to mainland South America , we found one specimen from Trinidad . Urich (1909, 1915) cites a record by Mr. Ottier who found caterpillars of Telchin licus (reported as Castnia licus ) attacking young coconut palms. It is possible that Ottier confused this species with E. cyparissias since their larvae are quite similar ( Miller 1987 ) (see discussion under T. licus below). We believe that the specimen studied could have been a vagrant from the mainland. Curiously, it is a rather small specimen. Material Examined: TRINIDAD : 1Ψ, 5 Jun 1925 (CUIC).