A synopsis of the Castniidae (Lepidoptera) of Trinidad and Tobago
Author
González, Jorge M.
Author
Cock, Matthew J. W.
text
Zootaxa
2004
762
1
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.158237
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Castnia invaria trinitatis
Lathy 1925
(Fig. 7)
Castnia icarus trinitatis
Lathy
: Lathy (1925).
This variable species is commonly associated with
Bromeliaceae
and is considered a minor pest of pineapple (
Ananas comosus
) throughout most of its distribution (González 2003;
González & Fernández Yépez 1993
;
Miller 1986
;
Orellana & Erazo 2001
). Subspecies
C. i. trinitatis
was named based on color patterns slightly different from the “typical form” of
Castnia icarus
(i.e.
C. invaria volitans
Lamas
) and “resembling the race
penelope
” but “having hindwing above as in typical
icarus
” (
Lathy 1925
). The only two specimens we have seen from
Trinidad
were collected by R. Dick.
Lathy (1925)
described ssp.
trinitatis
based on these two males in Madame Fournier’s collection – these two
syntypes
are now in the BMNH.
Material Examined: ST. GEORGE: 2ɗɗ (
type
series), St. Anne’s, R. Dick (BMNH).