MOTHS OF JAMAICA
SPECIES LISTS BY FAMILY
Noctuidae: Cucullinae
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SUBFAMILY DESCRIPTION
The CUCULLIINAE are a mainly temperate subfamily with some representatives in the the tropics.
The subfmaily is allegedly defined by the possession of 'lashed' eyes; it is
probably a polyphyletic grouping of many unrelated species of similar external appearance.
JAMAICAN SPECIES
I have catalogued only one 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 Neogalea
Neogalea sunia Guenee 1852
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