Male

Guadeloupe, Petit-Bourg, Hauteurs Lézarde, 30-IX-85

Female

Guadeloupe, St-François, Anse à la Gourde, 20-XII-84

Remigia latipes Guenée, 1852

Noctuidae Catocalinae

Synonyms

Remigia delinquens (Walker)
Remigia exscindens Walker
Remigia subtilis Walker
Remigia collata Walker
Remigia indentata Harvey

Systematics

The genus Mocis (s.l.) is currently under revision (Lalanne-Cassou and Silvain, to be published).
The differences in genitalia structure lead us to keep both genera Mocis and Remigia.

Biology and distribution

Larva on Poaceae (Digitaria, sugarcane, maize, rice).

Very common in Guadeloupe (lectotype of R. latipes) and Martinique.
Marie-Galante.

St-Kitts, Antigua, Dominica, Grenada.
Throughout the Greater Antilles (Dominican Republic: type specimen of R. exscindens).

From the south of the United States (type specimen of R. indentata) to Argentina.

Legend

Pheromone

The sex pheromone produced by the female moths has been described (Descoins C., Lalanne-Cassou B., Malosse C. and Milat M.L., 1986, C.R. Acad. Sc. Paris, III, 302: 509-512). It consists of:

Source: Pherolist, a database on sex pheromones and attractants in Lepidoptera.
Male genitalia (JPG 87 Kb).

Similar species

Mocis and related genera.

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