MOTHS OF JAMAICA
SPECIES LISTS BY FAMILY
Noctuidae: Catocalinae
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SUBFAMILY DESCRIPTION
The CATOCALINAE are a predominantly tropical subfamily and are often traditionally
taken to include the subfamily Ophiderinae (which I list separately). Together these
two subfamilies account for over half of the species of world Noctuidae. There is no
single satisfactory feature which defines the Catocalinae/Ophiderinae and they are
almost certainly a 'dustbin group' containing many unrelated species. The Catocalinae
are traditionally separated from the Ophiderinae by the possession of spines on the mid-tibiae in
Catocalinae, which are lacking in Ophiderinae. Most Catocalines are large to very
large and
very robust in appearance and flight.
JAMAICAN SPECIES
I have catalogued 28 species from Jamaica in this
subfamily so far,
as listed below.
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illustration of the adult, where available (and sometimes it genitalia) and brief
information on the species.
The genus Acanthodica
Acanthodica emittens Walker 1857
The genus Achaea
Achaea ablunaris Guenee 1852 (var. hilaris Moschler 1890)
The genus Calyptis
Calyptis iter Guenee 1852
The genus Celiptera
Celiptera cometephora Hampson 1913
Celiptera levina Stoll 1782
The genus Gonodontodes
Gonodontodes chionosticta Hampson 1913
The genus Mocis
Mocis disseverans Walker 1858
Mocis diffluens Guenee 1852
The genus Ophisma
Ophisma tropicalis Guenee 1852
The genus Perasia
Perasia garnoti Guenee 1852
The genus Ptichodes
Ptichodes herbarum Guenee 1852
Ptichodes immunis Guenee 1852
The genus Trigonodes
Trigonodes lucasii Guenee 1852
The genus Zale
Zale fictilis Guenee 1852
Zale lunata Drury 1773
Zale plumbeolinea Hampson 1918
Zale rufosa Hampson 1913
Zale strigimacula (?) Guenee 1852
Zale sp. indet. 1
Zale sp. indet. 2
Zale sp. indet. 3
Zale sp. indet. 4
Unknown species
Catocaline sp. indet. 1
3 x Mocis sp. indet.
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