MOTHS OF JAMAICA
SPECIES LISTS BY FAMILY
Noctuidae: Amphipyrinae
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SUBFAMILY DESCRIPTION
The subfamily AMPHIPYRINAE is a 'dustbin group' containing many unrelated species of
Trifinae (Noctuids with a weak or non-existent hindwing vein M2) which do not fit into any other
Noctuid subfamily. There is therefore no one characteristic which unifies them and
separates them from other Noctuid subfamilies. As more 'natural' classifications are
developed this 'subfamily' will undoubtedly be split into several smaller groups.
JAMAICAN SPECIES
I have catalogued 53 species of this large subfamily from Jamaica to date,
as listed below.
Click on any underlined species name to go to a colour
illustration of the adult, where available (and sometimes its genitalia) and brief
information on the species.
The genus Acroria
Acroria terens Walker 1857
The genus Antachara
Antachara diminuta Guenee 1852
The genus Archanara
Archanara oblonga Grote 1882
The genus Argyrosticta
Argyrosticta ditissima Walker 1857
The genus Bagisara
Bagisara repanda Fabricius 1793
The genus Bryolymnia
Bryolymnia floccifera Moeschler 1886
The genus Callopistria
Callopistria jamaicensis Moeschler 1886
The genus Cephalospargeta
Cephalospargeta elongata Moeschler 1890
The genus Condica
Condica subornata Walker 1865
Condica circuita Guenee 1852
Condica sutor Guenee 1852
Condica cupentia Cramer 1780
Condica concisa Walker 1856
Condica confederata Grote 1874
Condica abida Felder & Rogenhofer 1874
Condica albigera Guenee 1852
Condica punctifera Walker 1856
Condica selenosa Guenee 1852
Condica mobilis Walker 1857
The genus Cropia
Cropia indigna Walker 1857
Cropia infusa Walker 1858
Cropia subapicalis Walker 1857
Cropia minthe Dyar 1889
The genus Elaphria
Elaphria agrotina Guenee 1852
Elaphria deltoides Moschler 1880
Elaphria nucicolora Guenee 1852
Elaphria chalcedonia Hubner 1808
Elaphria basistigma Walker 1858
Elaphria subobliqua Walker 1858
Elaphria devara Druce 1898
The genus Galgula
Galgula subapicalis Hampson 1909
Galgula partita Guenee 1852
The genus Gonodes
Gonodes liquida Moeschler 1886
The genus Heterochroma
Heterochroma berylloides Hampson 1908
Heterochroma insignis Walker 1857
The genus Macapta
Macapta albivitta Hampson 1910
The genus Magusa
Magusa orbifera Walker 1857
The genus Micrathetis
Micrathetis triplex Walker 1857
Micrathetis dasarada Druce 1898
The genus Neophanis
Neophaenis meterythra Hampson 1908
Neophaenis respondens Walker 1858
The genus Perigea
Perigea punctirena Walker 1857
Perigea xanthioides Guenee 1852
The genus Spodoptera
Spodoptera dolichos Fabricius 1794
Spodoptera latifascia Walker 1856
Spodoptera frugiperda J.E. Smith 1797
Spodoptera androgea Stoll 1782
Spodoptera pulchella Herrich-Schaeffer 1868
Spodoptera eridania Stoll 1782
Spodoptera ornithogalli Guenee 185
Spodoptera albula Walker 1857
Unknown species
Amphipyrine sp. indet. 1
Amphipyrine sp. indet. 2
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