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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10.
Cryptoblabes augustipenella
Ragonot
,
Nouv. Gen.
, 6,
1888
;
Hampson
,
Fauna Brit.
<collectingCountry box="[597,695,559,603]" name="India" pageId="14" pageNumber="177">India</collectingCountry>
, Moths
4
:
105
,
1896
.
Orote Peninsula
,
May 24
,
Swezey
;
Tumon
,
May 30
,
Swezey
;
Merizo
,
June 11
,
Swezey
;
Piti
,
June 3
,
9,
12,
21,
July 12
,
28,
Aug. 9
,
Sept. 4
,
7,
Oct. 16
, at light,
Swezey
;
one in
Bishop Museum
,
Fullaway
, 1911.
This scavenger moth is known in
India
and
Ceylon
. We found it very common in
Guam
, the caterpillars feeding in dead dry plant materials. Moths were reared from caterpillars feeding in old fruits of
Barringtonia speciosa
,
also on dried leaves, flowers and buds, and from leaves of
Barringtonia racemosa
,
from larvae feeding among old seed clusters of
Mallotus moluccanus
,
dried rose petals, and sunflower heads.