Xanthopastis timais

Distribution: tropical and subtropical America.
Type locality: tropical America.
Synonyms: Phalaena amaryllidis Sepp 1848; Glottula heterocampa Guenee 1852; Philochrysa regnatrix Grote 1863; Xanthopastis antillium Dyar 1913; Xanthopastis moctezuma Dyar 1913.
E. Caribbean records: Guadeloupe; Dominica; St. Lucia; St. Vincent; Barbados.
Grenadines records: Union (Daudin, Nov. 1997).
Method of identification: illustrated in colour by Kimball (1965) (as 'Xanthopastis regnatrix'). Adult & Genitalia illustrated in colour on website on French Antilles Lepidoptera by Zagatti, Lalanne-Cassou & Le Duchat d'Aubigny.
Notes: This common and widespread species has picked up a large number of synonyms.

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