Thioptera aurifera

Distribution: South America; Jamaica (?)
Type locality: Brazil.
Synonyms: Xanthoptera tripuncta Moeschler 1890.
E. Caribbean records: St. Martin; Guadeloupe; Grenada.
Grenadines records: Union (Daudin, August 1995).
Method of identification: illustrated in colour by Hampson (1910b) pl. 168, fig. 24 . Adult & Genitalia illustrated in colour on website on French Antilles Lepidoptera by Zagatti, Lalanne-Cassou & Le Duchat d'Aubigny.
Notes: this may not be one species throughout its range in the Lesser Antilles. The specimen from Daudin on Union Is. was badly damaged - the specimen illustrated here is from Grenada.
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