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
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7.
Chasmina sericea
(Hampson)
.
Clinophlebia sericea
Hampson
,
Ill. Het.
9
:
92
, pl. 161, fig.
7,
1893
.
Chasmina sericea,
Hampson
,
Cat. Lep. Phalaenae
9
:
322
, fig. 161,
1910
.
This pure white moth is known from
Ceylon
,
Burma
, Cocos Keeling Island,
Christmas Island
(Indian Ocean), and
New Caledonia
. It was not previously recorded in
Guam
, although there is
one specimen
in
U. S.
National Museum, collected by Fullaway in 1911. It came commonly to our screen at night at Piti. Specimens were taken Aug. 18, 19, 20, Sept. 4,
7,
11, 12, 13, Oct. 2, 10. We collected it in the open only twice; Sumay Road, in mangrove swamp, May 23, Usinger; Tumon, swept from
Thespesia populnea
,
May 30, Swezey. We did not find its caterpillar, so learned nothing of its habits.