Guadeloupe, Piton de Sainte-Rose, 13-VI-83

form

Martinique, Le Morne Rouge, L'aileron, TV station, 28-VIII-84.

Magusa orbifera (Walker, 1857)

Noctuidae Amphipyrinae

Synonyms

Magusa strigifera Walker
Magusa dissidens Felder & Rogenhofer
Magusa sarpida Felder & Rogenhofer
Magusa divaricata (Grote)
Magusa angustipennis (Möschler)

Biology and distribution

Larva on Vernonia spp. (Asteraceae) and several Rhamnaceae including Krugiodendron ferreum (Vahl) Urb.

Common everywhere in Guadeloupe. Found also in Martinique.

Throughout Lesser and Greater Antilles.

From the south of the United States to Paraguay.

Legend

Male genitalia (JPG 70 Kb).
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