Notodontidae

Systematics by Paul Thiaucourt

Identification with plates

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Systematic List

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Species found in: Guadeloupe (and dependencies). Martinique. Guadeloupe and Martinique.

Notodontidae

Nystaleinae

Nystalea aequipars Walker, 1858
Nystalea nyseus (Cramer, 1780)
Nystalea ebalea (Stoll, 1780)
Dasylophia lucia Schaus, 1901

Notodontinae

Peroara sylvestris Schaus, 1905

Heterocampinae

Rhuda focula (Stoll, 1780)
Disphragis cubana (Grote, 1865)
Disphragis delira (Schaus, 1905)
Rifargia occulta Schaus, 1905
Malocampa punctata (Stoll, 1780)

Hemiceratinae

Hemiceras domingonis Dyar, 1908

Sources

Specimens were identified by Dr. P. Thiaucourt. (Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris). The main source dealing with the Notodontidae in Guadeloupe is: Thiaucourt P., 1973. Lépidoptères Notodontidae de Guadeloupe. Bull. Soc. Entomol. France, 78: 213-215. This reference lists 7 species collected by J. Brun at Neufchâteau, near Capesterre in Basse Terre.

The book of R. Pinchon and P. Enrico, 1969. Faune des Antilles Françaises. Les Papillons, Fort de France 258 pp., cites 3 unidentified species from Martinique. One (D. lucia) is shown on a photographic plate, and the others are shortly described in text. These specimens might correspond to N. nyseus and N. ebalea.

Subfamily assignment follows Forbes' classification (W.T.M. Forbes, 1939, Bull. Mus.Comp. Zool., 85: 97-322), to be probably changed soon.

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