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Vítor O. Becker - Scott E. Miller

THE FOLLOWING LIST summarizes identi- Agency, through grants from the Falconwood fications of the so-called Macrolepidoptera Corporation. and pyraloid families from Guana Island. Methods are detailed in Becker and Miller (2002). Data and illustrations for Macrolepi- doptera are provided in Becker and Miller (2002). Data for and will Agrius cingulatus (Fabricius 1775). be provided in Becker and Miller (in prepara- south to . tion). General, but outdated, background infor- antaeus (Drury 1773). Southern United mation on Crambidae and Pyralidae are pro- States to Argentina. vided by Schaus (1940). Data for Pterophoridae Manduca sexta (Linnaeus 1763). Widespread in are provided in Gielis (1992) and Landry and the New World. Gielis (1992). Author and date of description Manduca rustica (Fabricius 1775). Widespread in are given for each name. Earlier dates the New World. were not always printed on publications; those Manduca brontes (Drury 1773). Antilles north to in square brackets indicate that the year was Central . determined from external sources not the pub- lication itself As in previous lists, authors' MACROGLOSSINAE names are put in parentheses when their Pseudosphinx tetrio (Linnaeus 1771). (See plate generic placement has been revised. Detailed 37.) United States through the Antilles to acknowledgments are provided in Becker and Argentina. Miller (2002), but, in addition, we are espe- alope (Drury 1773). Widespread in the cially grateful to C. Gielis, E.G. Munroe, M. New World. Shaffer, and M. A. Solis for assistance with iden- (Linnaeus 1758). Neotropical. tifications and to K. Darrow for assistance in all (Schaus 1898). Southern aspects of this project. Sampling on Guana Is- United States through the Caribbean south to land was supported by The Conservation .

303 Erinnyis domingonis (Butler 1875). Southern AMPHIPYRINAE United States through the Caribbean south to Neogalea sunia (Guenée 1852). Florida to Brazil. Argentina. (Fabricius 1775). Southern Catabenoides terminellus (Grote 1883). Southern United States through the Caribbean south to United States, Antilles. Brazil. Catabenoides lazelli Becker & Miller 2002. Guana, Pachylia ficus (Linnaeus 1758). Widespread in Anegada, St. Croix. the New World. albulum (Walker 1857). United States, Callionima fixlcifera (Gehlen 1943). Southern Antilles, south to Argentina. United States to Argentina. Spodoptera fiíÁgiperda (J.E. Smith 1797). Wide- Perigonia lusca (Fabricius 1777). Southern Florida spread in the New World. to Argentina. Spodoptera latifascia (Walker 1856). U.S. gulf lugubris (Linnaeus 1771). Southern United states, Antilles south to . States, Antilles, south to Argentina. Spodoptera pulchella (Herrich-Schäffer 1868). Aellopos tantalus (Linnaeus 1758). Florida, . south to Argentina. Spodoptera (Fabricius 1794). U.S. gulf Eumorpha (Linnaeus 1758). United States states, Antilles south to Costa Rica. through the Caribbean to Argentina. Magusa orbifera (Walker 1857). Widespread from Cauthetia noctuiformis (Walker 1856). Canada to Argentina. Caribbean. Condica albigera (Guenée 1852). through Xylophanes chiron (Drury 1770). Mexico through the Antilles to . the Antilles to Argentina. Condica mohilis (Walker [1857]). Southern United Xylophanes pluto (Fabricius 1777). Southern States through Antilles to Argentina. United States to Brazil. (Guenée 1852). Southern United Xylophanes tersa (Linnaeus 1771). Ontario, Antilles States, Antilles to Argentina. south to Argentina. Perigea gloria Becker & Miller 2002. Guana, Hyles lineata (Fabricius 1775). Worldwide. Tórtola. agrotina (Guenée 1852). Florida, Antilles NOTODONTIDAE south to Argentina. (Guenée 1852). Neotropical. Nystalea nyseus (Cramer 1775). Mexico through Anateinoma affabilis Möschler 1890. Puerto the Caribbean south to Brazil. Rico, . (Walker 1857). Southern United States through South America. HELIOTHINAE Heliothis suhflexa (Guenée 1852). North America, ACARISTINAE Antilles, south to Argentina. Caularis undulans Walker [1858]. Hispaniola, , Puerto Rican Bank. NOCTUINAE Anida infecta (Ochsenheimer 1816). Central BACISARINAE United States south to Argentina. Bagisara repanda (Fabricius 1793). Southeast United States to Paraguay. Leucania humidicola Guenée 1852. Antilles to Brazil. Amyna axis (Guenée 1852). Pantropical. Leucania dorso/is Walker 1856. Southern Florida exigua (Fabricius 1793). Southern through the Neotropics. United States, Antilles south to Brazil.

304 TH B CAST nobiliteüa (Cramer 1779). Southern OPHIDERINAE United States, Antilles south to Argentina. Azeta versicolor (Fabricius 1794). Neotropical. quadrifera (Zeller 1874). Southern Metallata absumens (Walker 1862). Southern United States, Antilles south to Brazil. United States, Antilles south to Brazil. Tripudia balteata Smith 1900. Southern United Plusiodonta thomae (Guenée 1852). Endemic to States, Antilles south to Brazil. the Antilles. Ommatochila mundula (Zeller 1872). Southern Syllectra erycata (Cramer 1780). Florida, Antilles United States, Antilles south to Argentina. south to Brazil. metaspilaris Walker 1863. Antilles. Litoprosopus puncticosta Hampson 1926. , Eumicremma minima (Guenée 1852). Southern Virgin Islands. United States, Antilles south to Argentina. Diphthera festiva (Fabricius 1775). Neotropical. Eublemma rectum (Guenée 1852). Southern Gonodonta bidens Geyer 1832. Florida, Antilles United States, Antilles south to Argentina. south to Argentina. margana (Fabricius 1794). Southern Melipotis acontioides (Guenée 1852). Florida, An- United States, the Neotropics. tilles south to Brazil. Spragueia perstructana (Walker 1865). Southern Melipotis fasdolaris (Hübner [1831]). Southern United States, Antilles south to Costa Rica. United States, Antilles south to . Thioptera aurifère (Walker [1858]). Southern Melipotis contorta (Guenée 1852). Florida, An- United States, Antilles south to Brazil. tilles. Melipotis famélica (Guenée 1852). Southern SARROTHRIPINAE United States, Antilles south to . Characoma nilotica (Rogenhofer 1882). Pantrop- Melipotis ochrodes (Guenée 1852). Mexico through ical. the Antilles to Brazil. Collomena filifera (Walker 1857). Florida, Antilles Melipotis januaris (Guenée 1852). Southern south to Brazu. United States, Antilles, northern South America. Motya abseuzalis Walker 1859. Florida, Antilles Ascalapha odorata (Linnaeus 1758). Pan- south to Brazil. tropical. Epidromia lienaris (Hübner 1823). Neotropical. EUTELIINAE Manbuta pyraliformis (Walker 1858). Florida, Paectes obrotunda (Guenée 1852). Southern Antilles. United States, Antilles south to Paraguay. Ephyrodes cacata Guenée 1852. Southern United States, Antilles south to . PLUSIINAE Concana mundissima Walker [1858]. Florida, An- Pseudoplusia includens (Walker [1858]). United tilles south to Brazil. States to northern Chile and Argentina. Massala asema Hampson 1926. Antilles. Lesmone formularis (Geyer 1837). Neotropical. CATOCALINAE Lesmone hinna (Geyer 1837). Southern United Ptichodis immunis (Guenée 1852). Mexico through States, Antilles south to Brazil. the Antilles to Brazil. Eulepidotis addens (Walker 1858). Antilles. Mods latipes (Guenée 1852). Southern United Eulepidotis modestula (Herrich-Schäffer 1869). States, Antilles south to Argentina. Antilles. Mods antillesia Hampson 1913. Lesser Antilles, Toxonprucha diffundens (Walker 1858). Antilles Bahamas. south to Brazil. Mods repanda (Fabricius 1794). Antilles, Kakopoda progenies (Guenée 1852). Florida, . Antilles south to Brazil. tropicalis Guenée 1852. Southern United Parachabora abydas (Herrich-SchäfFer [1869]). States, Antilles south to Argentina. Mexico through the Antilles to Brazil.

TH E CAST 3°5 Cecharismena abarusalis (Walker 1859). Florida, Horama panthalon (Fabricius 1793). Southern Antilles south to Brazil. United States, Antilles to southern Brazil. Cecharismena cara Möschler 1890. Antilles. Cosmosoma achemon (Fabricius 1781), Antilles Glympis eubolialis (Walker [1866]). Antilles. south to Brazil. Eunomia colombina (Fabricius 1793). Antilles. Nyridela chalciope (Hübner [1831]). Antilles, Drepanopalpia lunifera (Butler 1878). Antilles. Central America. Lascaría omeodalis (Guenée 1854). Florida, An- tilles. LITHOSIINAE hydrillalis Guenée 1854. Southern Afiida charíentisma Dyar 1913. Antilles. United States, Central America, Antilles. Progona pallida (Möschler 1890). . Guenée 1854. Southern Lomuna nigrípuncta (Hampson 1900). Puerto United States, Antilles south to Brazil. Rico. Bleptina menalcasalis Walker [1859]. Antilles south to Venezuela. Bleptina araealis (Hampson 1901). Antilles, GEOMETRIDAE

Florida. OENOCHROMINAE

HYPENINAE Almodes terraria Guenée [1858]. Southern United States, Antilles to Colombia. lividalis (Hübner 1790). Southern

Palearctic, Pantropical. ENNOMINAE Hypena minualis (Guenée 1854). Antilles south Pero rectisectaria (Herrich-Schäffer [1855]). Puerto to Brazil. Rican Bank, Lesser Antilles. Oxydia vesulia (Cramer [1779]). Southern ARCTIIDAE United States, Antilles south to Argentina. ARCTIINAE Erastria decrepitaria (Hübner [1823]). Southern Hypercompe simplex (Walker 1855). Puerto Rican United States, Antilles south to Brazil. Bank, Lesser Antilles. Sphacelodes fusilineatus (Walker i860). An- Calidota strigosa (Walker 1855). Antilles, Southern tilles. United States. Macaría paleolata (Guenée [1858]). Antilles. Eupseudosoma involutum (Sepp [1855J). South- Patalene ephyrata (Guenée [1858]). Antilles. ern United States, Antilles south to Ar- Cyclomia mopsaria Guenée [1858]. Antilles gentina. south to Brazil. Utetheisa omatrix (Linnaeus 1758). Southern United States, Antilles south to Argentina. CEOMETRINAE Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus 1758). Africa, Asia, Eueana simplaría Herbulot 1986. Guana, the Neotropics. Guadaloupe. Phrudocentra centrífugaríum (Herrich-Schäffer PERICOPINAE 1870). Florida through the Greater Antilles to Composta crédula (Fabricius 1775). Antilles, Puerto Rico. Puerto Rican Bank. Chloropteryx paularía (Möschler 1886). Florida, Antilles. CTENUCHINAE Synchlora frondaria (Guenée [1858]). United Empyreuma pugione (Linnaeus 1767). Restricted States, Antilles south to Argentina. to the Puerto Rican Bank. Synchlora cupedinaria (Grote 1880). Florida, Horama pretus (Cramer 1777). Antilles. Greater Antilles to Virgin Islands, Nevis.

306 THB CAST STERRHINAE ODONTIINAE Semaeopus malefidarius (Möschler 1890). Puerto Cliniodes nomadalis Dyar 1912. Central America, Rican Bank. Antilles. Leptostales noctuata (Guenée [1858]). Antilles. Microthcons ophionalis (Walker 1859). Southern Acratodes suavata (Hülst 1900). Southern United United States, Central America, Antilles. States, Antilles. rufofascialis (Stephens 1834). An- Lobocleta nymphidiata (Guenée [1858]). An- tilles. tilles. Scopula laresaria Schaus 1940. Puerto Rican Bank. Alatuncusia bergii (Möschler 1891). Southern Idaea sp., probably Idaeafemaría (Schaus 1940). Florida, Antilles, perhaps South America. Antilles. Chalcoela iphitalis (Walker 1859). North America "Idaea" monata (Forbes in Ramos [1947]). An- to Guatemala. tilles. Chalcoela pegasalis (Walker 1859). North America, [daea minuta (Schaus 1901). Antilles, United Antilles. States. Contortipalpia santiagalis (Schaus 1920). An- Idaea eupitheciata (Guenée [1858]). Antilles. tilles. Leptostales phorcana (Guenée [1858]). Antilles. Dichogama amabilis Möschler 1891. Southern Leptostales oblinatana Möschler 1890. Southern Florida to Antilles. United States, Antilles to South America. Dichogama innocua (Fabricius 1793). Antilles, Central America. LARENTIINAE Dichogama redtenbacherí Lederer 1863. Southern Obila praecurraría (Möschler 1890). Antilles. Florida, the Neotropics. Pterocypha defensata Walker 1862. Southern Galphyria badierana (Fabricius 1794). Antilles, United States, Antilles. Central America. Schacontia new species Neotropical. HYBLAEIDAE EVERGESTINAE Hyblaea puera species complex. Evergestella evincalis (Möschler 1891). Antilles, Florida Keys. COSSIDAE Psychonoctua personalis Grote 1865. Antilles, Mexico. bifidalis (Fabricius 1794). Neotropical. Achyra rantalis (Guenée 1854). New World. Arthromastix lauralis (Walker 1859). Neo- CRAMBIDAE tropical. CRAMBINAE Asciodes gordialis Guenée 1854. Neotropical. Argyría diplomochalis Dyar 1913. Puerto Rico. Atomopteryx serpentifera (Hampson 1913). An- Donacoscaptes micralis (Hampson 1919). An- tilles. tilles. Bicilia iarchasalis (Walker 1859). Neotropical. Fissicrambusfissiradiellus (Walker 1863). Antilles, Cryptobotys zoilusalis (Walker 1859). Neo- , Colombia. tropical. Fissicrambus minuellus (Walker 1863). Florida, Desmia ufeus (Cramer 1777). Neotropical. Antilles, Central America. Diaphania costata (Fabricius 1794). Antilles. Microcrambus atrístrigellus (Hampson 1919). Diaphania elegans (Möschler 1890). Antilles, Jamaica. Central America.

TH E CAST 307 (Linnaeus 1767). Neotrop- Steniodes mendica (Hedemann 1894). An- ical. tilles. Diaphantania species near D. ceresalis (Walker Synclera jarbusalis (Walker 1859). Antilles. 1859). Antilles. Syngamia florella (Stoll 1781). Neotropical. Ennomosia basalis (Hampson 1897). Antilles. reversalis (Guenée 1854). Neo- Epicorsia cerata (Fabricius 1795). Lesser An- tropical. tilles. Epipagis algarroholis (Schaus 1940). Lesser An- PYRALIDAE tilles. Ercta vittata (Fabricius 1794). Neotropical. PYRALINAE Eulepte gastralis (Guenée 1854). Antilles. Ocrasa nostralis (Walker 1854). Pantropical. Glyphodes sibillalis Walker 1859. Neotropical. Herpetogramma hipunctalis (Fabricius 1794). CHRYSAUCINAE Neotropical. Bonchis munitalis (Lederer 1863). Neotropical. Herpetogramma phaeopteralis (Guenée 1854). Murgisca subductella (Möschler 1890). Lesser Neotropical. Antilles. Loxomorpha cambogialis (Guenée 1854). Neotrop- Streptopalpia minusculalis (Möschler 1890). ical. Neotropical. Marasmia cochrusalis (Walker 1859). Neo- tropical. CALLERIINAE Marasmia sp. Virgin Islands. Pogrima palmasalis Schaus 1940. Antilles. Microthyris anormalis (Guenée 1854). Neotrop- Thyridopyralis gallaerandialis Dyar 1901. ical. Florida. Oenobotys vinotinctalis (Hampson 1895). Neo- tropical. EPIPASCHIINAE Omiodes albicinctalis (Hampson 1904). An- Phidotricha erigens Ragonot 1888. Antilles, Cen- tilles. tral America. Omiodes indicata (Fabricius 1775). Pantropical. Phidotricha insularella (Ragonot 1888). Antilles, Palpita flegia (Cramer 1777). Neotropical. Central America. Palpita persmilis Munroe 1959. Neotropical. Tineopaschia minuta Hampson 1916. Antilles. Palpita viettei Munroe 1959. Neotropical. Palpusia species near P. eurypalpalis (Hampson 1912). Anabasis ochrodesma (Zeller 1881). Southeast Phaedropsis principaloides (Möschler 1890). An- United States to northern South America. tilles. Ancylostomia stercorea (Zeller 1848). Neotropi- Portentomorpha xanthialis (Guenée 1854). cal. Neotropical. Australephestiodes stictdla (Hampson 1901). An- Pseudopyrausta minima (Hedemann 1894). tilles. Lesser Antilles. Bema neuricella (Zeller 1848). Neotropical. Pyrausta insignitalis (Guenée 1854). Lesser An- Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg 1885). Native to tilles. southern South America, now widespread be- Pyrausta laresalis Schaus 1940. Lesser An- cause of biological control introductions. tilles. Cassiana malacella (Dyar 1914). Mexico. Samea ecdesialis Guenée 1854. Antilles. Crocidomera fissuralis (Walker 1863). Hispan- Sathria onophasalis (Walker 1859). Antilles. iola, Puerto Rico. Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius 1775). Pan- Ectomyelois decolor (Zeller 1881). Antilles, tropical. Central America, South America.

3 Oí TH E CAST Erdieva quantuldla (Hülst 1887). United States, Adania thomae (Zeller 1877). Antilles, South Antilles. America. Etiella zinckenella (Treitschke 1832). Cos- Exelastis cervinicolor (Barnes & McDunnough mopolitan. 1913). Florida, Antilles, Galápagos. Eurythmia hospitella (Zeller 1875). United Exelastis pumilio (Zeller 1873). Neotropical. States. Lantanophaga pusillidactyla (Walker 1864). Fundella argentina Dyar 1919. Neotropical. Pantropical. Hypargyria definitella (Zeller 1881). Neo- Megalorrhipida defectalis (Walker 1864). Pantrop- tropical. ical. Oryctometopia fossulatella Ragonot 1888. , There are literally hundreds of additional Antilles, Central America to Brazil. species of moths we have collected on Guana Ozamia lucidalis (Walker 1863). Neotropical. Island. They are generally small species infor- Sarasota fiirculella (Dyar 1919). Antilles. mally lumped together as "microlepidoptera." Unadilla errondla (Zeller 1881). Neotropical. Sorting them out is taking decades. Meanwhile Zamagiria laidion (Zeller 1881). Neotropical. Davis (1986) clarified the taxonomic status of just one of them in family Tineidae: Acrolophus triatomellus. PTEROPHORIDAE Adania ambrosiae (Murtfeldt ú North America, Antilles, Galápagos.

THE CAST 309 ISLAND Fact and Theory in Nature

James Lazell

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