Xanthopastis timais

Xanthopastis timais
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Xanthopastis
Species:	X. timais
Binomial name
Xanthopastis timais (Cramer, 1780) [1]
Synonyms
Phalaena timaisCramer, [1780] Phalaena Noctua timaisCramer, [1780] Glottula timais Euthisanotia timais Phalaena amaryllidisSepp, [1840] Glottula heterocampaGuenée, 1852 Philochrysa regnatrixGrote, [1864] Xanthopastis antilliumDyar, 1913 Xanthopastis timias f. molinoiDyar, 1919

Xanthopastis timais is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found throughout the lowland areas of South and Central America and in the Caribbean. In the south, it ranges to northern Argentina. It was previously also recorded from North America, but these records refer to Xanthopastis regnatrix . ^[2]

Illustration from Sepp’s Surinaamsche vlinders

Ecology

Herbivory

The larvae of Xanthopastis timais feeds on Griffinia ornata . ^[3]

References

1. Xanthopastis at funet
2. Lafontaine, J. D.; Schmidt, B. C. (24 November 2011). "Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (149): 145–161. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.149.1805 . PMC   3234417 . PMID   22207802.
3. Campos-Rocha, A., Meerow, A., Ramiro, L., Gomes, J. A., Koch, I., & Dutilh, J. (2024). Four new records of Griffinia ornata, a rare and threatened Brazilian species of Amaryllidaceae. Oryx, 58(4), 417–418. doi:10.1017/S0030605324000437