Male

Martinique, Fonds St-Denis, Deux Choux, 17-VI-85

Female

Guadeloupe, Bouillante, Crête de Village, 15-VI-86

Phrudocentra centrifugaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1870)

ssp. impunctata (Warren, 1909)

Geometridae Geometrinae

Synonyms or individual forms

protractaria Herrich-Schäffer
hollandaria Hulst
jaspidiaria Hulst
anomalaria Möschler
viridipurpurea Hulst
heterospila Hampson
albimacula Warren
concentrata Warren
catenata Prout
meceospila Prout

Description

Specimens from Martinique (5 males) are entirely green with red cellular spots. Specimens from Guadeloupe (2 females) show the white oval mark (typical of centrifugaria) on forewings only.

Biology and distribution

Guadeloupe and Martinique.

Dominica (type specimen of P. c. impunctata), St-Lucia (P. c. punctata Warren).
Bahamas (P. c. heterospila Hampson), Jamaica (P. c. stellataria Möschler), Cuba, Puerto-Rico (P.c. centrifugaria).

Florida (P.c. centrifugaria).

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