Annotated list of Mimallonidae (Lepidoptera, Mimallonoidea) from Trinidad and Tobago, with the description of a new species of Cicinnus Blanchard, 1852 and taxonomic notes
Author
St Laurent, Ryan A.
Author
Cock, Matthew J. W.
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Zootaxa
2017
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Mimallo amilia
(
Cramer, 1780
)
(
Figs. 27, 28
)
Type locality.
Surinam [NHMUK syntype, examined]
Lacosoma amilia
(Cramer)
:
Kaye & Lamont (1927)
Mimallo amilia
is one of the most broadly distributed mimallonids, found from Mexico to Southeast Brazil and Paraguay (
Schaus 1928; St Laurent unpublished
). This species was previously reported from Trinidad as
Lacosoma amilia
by
Kaye & Lamont (1927)
based on a specimen taken by F.W. Jackson in 1922, which we assume is the male with matching data that we list below in NHMUK. We here include additional new records from Trinidad, as well as the first report of this species from Tobago making this one of two mimallonid species reported from the island, together with the here undetermined
Cicinnus
species listed above.
This species is reported to feed on various
Myrtaceae
and is a minor pest of guava (
Psidium guajava
) in Brazil (
Costa Lima 1950
;
Zanuncio
et al.
2005
), so it is not surprising that it is widespread in disturbed areas in Trinidad and Tobago.
Material examined.
(
23 ♂
,
2 ♀
total)
TRINIDAD
:
1 ♀
,
Arima
Valley:
I.1980
,
K. Preston-Mafham
[
leg.
] (
MJWC
)
.
8 ♂
,
Caparo
:
XII.1905
(
4 ♂
),
S.M. Klages
[
leg.
],
Rothschild Bequest, B.M.
1939–1
;
XI.1905
(2 ♂), S.M. Klages, Rothschild Bequest, B.M. 1939–1; no date (2 ♂), S.M. Klages [
leg.
], Joicey Coll., Brit. Mus. 1925–157 (NHMUK).
5 ♂
,
Curepe
: 197?,
F.D. Bennett
[
leg.
],
light trap
(
3 ♂
,
UWIZM
CABI
.2459,
CABI
.2460
CABI
.2461)
;
8.I.1980
,
29.I.1980
, M.J.W. Cock [
leg.
] (NHMUK, MJWC).
3 ♂
,
Palmiste
:
27.XII.1946
,
30.XII.1946
,
31.XII.1946
,
N. Lamont
[
leg.
] (
UWIZM
)
.
1 ♂
,
Palmiste
:
31.XII.1931
,
N. Lamont
[
leg.
]
;
1 ♀
,
Palmiste
:
30.I.1938
,
N. Lamont
[
leg.
] (
NMSE
)
.
2 ♂
,
St. Augustine
:
14.II.1956
,
M. Bigger
[
leg.
], ‘ex.
Guava’
(
UWIZM
.2014.9.755)
;
II.1977
, [D.J. S[tradling]] (name obscured by grease but no doubt as to provenance), at light (NMSE). 2 ♂, No specific location: (UWIZM CABI.2456); F.W. Jackson [
leg.
], Brit. Mus. 1922–285 (NHMUK).
TOBAGO
:
1 ♂
,
Englishman’s Bay
:
VI–XII.2009
,
J. Ingraham
[
leg.
], at light (
UWIZM
.2015.15.140)
.
1 ♂
,
Speyside
:
14–17.V.1982
,
M.J.W. Cock
[
leg.
], MV light (
MJWC
)
.