One hundred new records of moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) from Tobago, W.I.

Authors

  • Matthew J.W. Cock CABI, Silwood Park, Buckhurst Road, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 7PY
  • Cavan Mejias 417-419 Easterfield Road, Mason Hall
  • Evie F. Dwyer 7 Chantinghall Road, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, ML3 8PN
  • Matt Kelly 116 North Shore Road, Petersburgh, NY 12138
  • Hilary E. Erenler Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA
  • Tarran P. Maharaj South Oropouche
  • Amy E. Deacon Department of Life Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine

Keywords:

checklist, inventory, plant pests, Trinidad

Abstract

Details of one new butterfly and 99 new moth records from Tobago are presented, including species of Alucitidae (1), Crambidae (26), Dalceridae (1), Erebidae (29), Euteliidae (1), Geometridae (12), Limacodidae (2), Lycaenidae (1), Mimallonidae (1), Noctuidae (7), Notodontidae (5), Oecophoridae (3), Pyralidae (7), Tineidae (3), Uraniidae (1). One previous record of Notodontidae is deleted. The total number of Lepidoptera species known from Tobago is now 751 moths and 170 butterflies. Most newly reported species are also known from Trinidad (although some had not been previously published from Trinidad), but six are records of species not known from Trinidad. Species known to be associated with economic crops include Diaphania nitidalis (Cramer), Omiodes indicata (Fabricius), (Crambidae), Euclea cippus (Cramer) (Limacodidae), Feltia subterranea (Fabricius) (Noctuidae), Stenoma impressella (Busck) (Oecophoridae) and Hypsipyla grandella (Zeller) (Pyralidae).

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Published

2025-08-20

Issue

Living World 2025

Section

Research Papers