Male

St-Bartholomew, Petite Anse, 11-IV-83.

Female

St-Martin, Pic du Paradis, 14-IV-83.

Azeta repugnalis (Hübner, 1825)

Noctuidae Ophiderinae

Synonyms

Azeta mirzah Guenée
Azeta vampoa Guenée
Azeta fusilinea (Walker)
Azeta undulifera (Walker)
Azeta suffusa (Walker)
Azeta ferruginea (Smith)

Biology and distribution

Larva on Canavalia maritima (Fabaceae).

A xerophilic species, fairly common in Guadeloupe and Martinique.
St-Martin, St-Bartholomew, Marie-Galante.

St-Kitts, Montserrat, Dominica, St-Lucia, Grenada.
Throughout the Greater Antilles (Jamaica, type specimen of A. fusilinea ; Hispaniola, type specimens of A. mirzah and A. undulifera).

Florida, and from Texas to Argentina.

Legend

Male genitalia (JPG 74 Kb).
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