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List Of Moths Of Jamaica
This list of moths of Jamaica consists of moths recorded from the island of Jamaica. Note that this list of moths is incomplete. There is also a list of butterflies of Jamaica. Moths Nepticuloidea Opostegidae *''Pseudopostega longifurcata'' Davis & Stonis, 2007 *''Pseudopostega mignonae'' Davis & Stonis, 2007 *''Pseudopostega saltatrix'' (Walsingham, 1897) Tineoidea Psychidae =Psychinae= *''Paucivena hispaniolae'' Davis, 1975 *''Paucivena reticulata'' Davis, 1975 =Oiketicinae= *''Oiketicus kirbyi'' Guilding, 1827 Tineidae =Acrolophinae= *''Acrolophus illudens'' Meyrick, 1924 *''Acrolophus irrisoria'' Meyrick, 1924 Gracillaroidea Gracillariidae =Gracillariinae= *''Dialectica rendalli'' Walsingham, 1897 *''Dialectica sanctaecrucis'' Walsingham, 1897 *''Macrosaccus gliricidius'' Davis, 2011 *''Neurobathra cupreela'' (Walsingham, 1897) *''Phyllocnistis citrella'' Stainton, 1856 Gelechioidea Elachistidae =Ethmiinae= *''Ethmia abraxasella'' Busck, 1914 *''Ethmia cubensis'' Busck, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moths
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 404 p. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethmia Cubensis
''Ethmia cubensis'' is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in Cuba and Jamaica. The length of the forewings is . The ground color of the forewings is pale greyish, heavily mottled with darker, especially the longitudinal streaks. The ground colour of the hindwings is white, but the distal margin and apical area are narrowly brown. Adults are on wing in April, May, July and December in Jamaica. There are probably multiple generations per year. References Moths described in 1934 cubensis {{Ethmiinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cosmopterix Ebriola
''Cosmopterix ebriola'' is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from the United States (from northern Florida and southern Mississippi to central Florida and South Carolina) and the Cayman Islands The Cayman Islands () is a self-governing British Overseas Territory—the largest by population in the western Caribbean Sea. The territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, which are located to the ... (Grand Cayman). Adults have been collected from March to May and in July. Description Male, female. Forewing length 4.5-4.9 mm. Head: frons shining pale ochreous with greenish and reddish reflections, vertex and neck tufts shining ochreous-brown with reddish reflection, medially and laterally lined white, collar ochreous-brown; labial palpus first segment very short, white, second segment three-quarters of the length of third, greyish brown with white longitudinal lines laterally and ventrally, third segment white ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
