Guadeloupe, Pointe-à-Pitre, 24-VIII-65, coll. G. Branger.

Gonodonta bidens Geyer, 1832

ssp. tenebrosa Todd, 1959

Noctuidae Ophiderinae

Synonyms

Gonodonta miranda Raymundo
ssp. meridionalis Todd
ssp. tenebrosa Todd

Biology and distribution

Host-plant unknown, the adults pierce fruit cuticle with their proboscis. They are sometimes reported as pests on Citrus.

A common species in Guadeloupe and Martinique.
Les Saintes.

St-Kitts, Montserrat, Dominica, St-Lucia, St-Vincent, Grenada (G. b. tenebrosa).
Cuba (type specimen of G. bidens), Jamaica, Hispaniola (G. b. bidens).

From Texas to north of Colombia and Venezuela (G. b. tenebrosa), and from south of Colombia and Venezuela to Argentina (G. b. meridionalis) (Todd,1959).

Legend

Male genitalia (JPG 76 Kb).
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