MOTHS OF THE GRENADINES
SPECIES LISTS BY FAMILY
Pyralidae: Glaphyriinae
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SUBFAMILY DESCRIPTION
the small subfamily GLAPHYRIINAE are almost exclusively found in the new world. The head
of the adult moths of this subfamily possesses
a pair of prominent scale-tufts. Heppner (1995) lists 162 named species in this subfamily from the Neotropics.
GRENADINES SPECIES
I catalogue only one possible species of this subfamily from the Grenadines. Click on any underlined
species name to go to a colour
illustration of the adult and brief information on
the species.
Unidentified species
Glaphyriine sp. indet. 1
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