Guadeloupe, Morne à Louis, 17-V-86.

form

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

form

Guadeloupe, Vieux Habitants, Vallée de la Grande Rivière, La Grivelière, 24-VII-82.

Metallata absumens (Walker, 1862)

Noctuidae Ophiderinae

Synonyms

Metallata scissilinea (Walker)
Metallata adjuncta (Walker)
Metallata alacris (Walker)
Metallata conficita (Walker)
Metallata funesta (Walker)
Metallata inexacta (Walker)
Metallata saturata (Walker)
Metallata canalis (Grote)
Metallata guttula (H. Edwards)
Metallata variabilis Möschler
Metallata lyde (Druce)
Metallata fasciata (Smith)
Metallata minorata (Smith)
ssp. contiguata Hayes

Biology and distribution

A fairly common species in Guadeloupe, in hygrophilic and mesophilic zones.
St-Martin, les Saintes.

St-Kitts, Montserrat, Dominica.
Cuba, Hispaniola (type specimens of M. alacris, M. conficita, M. funesta and M. saturata), Puerto-Rico (type specimen of M. variabilis), St-Croix.

From the United States to Paraguay.

Legend

Male genitalia (JPG 77 Kb).
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