Guadeloupe, Piton de Sainte-Rose, 6-II-1983

Syntomeida melanthus (Cramer, 1780)

ssp. merletii Chalumeau and Delplanque, 1978

Arctiidae Ctenuchinae

Biology and distribution

Guadeloupe: a fairly common species in hygrophilic and mesophilic zones. Does not occur in Martinique, confused with Syntomeida syntomoides in the book by Pinchon and Enrico.

Monserrat, Dominica (Chalumeau and Delplanque).

Legend

Similar species

Syntomeida syntomoides
Syntomeida epilais

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