Cydosia nobilitella
Distribution: southern USA; Central and South America; Antilles.
Type locality: Curacao.
Synonyms: Crameria nobilis Hubner 1819;
Bombyx histrio Fabricius 1781;
Eggyna submutata Walker 1866;
Prays hilarella Snellen 1878;
Cydosia basiliella Guenee 1879;
Cydosia chrysorrhaella Guenee 1879;
Cydosia cyanella Guenee 1879;
Cydosia graciella Guenee 1879;
Cydosia jamaicensis Cockerell 1896;
Cydosia westwoodi Druce 1897.
E. Caribbean records: Dominica; Grenada.
Grenadines records: Bequia, Mustique, Union, Petite Martinique (E.U. Exp., No. 86).
Method of identification: illustrated in colour by Kimball (1965) pl.
4, fig. 28. Adult & Genitalia illustrated in colour on website on French Antilles
Lepidoptera by Zagatti,
Lalanne-Cassou & Le Duchat d'Aubigny
Notes: the illustrated specimen is from Grenada.
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