Xylomeira tridens (Fabricius 1792)

Xylomeira torquata (Fabricius)

Apate torquata Fabricius, 1801.

?Apate tridens Fabricius, 1792.

Sinoxylon floridanum Horn, 1885.

PREVIOUSLY RECORDED DISTRIBUTION.—Eleuthera; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Mona; Puerto Rico; St. Thomas; St. John; St. Croix; Tortola; Antigua; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Martinique; St. Lucia; Grenada; Mexico; United States (Blackwelder, 1945, p. 400; Fisher, 1950, p. 121).

DOMINICAN DISTRIBUTION.—Antrim, 1,000 feet, 15 March 1956, J. F. G. Clarke; Grande Savane, 21 March 1964, D. F. Bray, 1 July 1964, T. J. Spilman, 3 February 1965, J. F. G. and T. M. Clarke, 7–12 October 1966, A. B. Gurney; Macoucheri, 1, 26 February 1965, J. F. G. and T. M. Clarke; Cabrits Swamp, 23 February 1965, J. F. G. and T. M. Clarke and W. W. Wirth; path to Cabrits, 2 April 1966, R. J. Gagné; West Cabrit, 3 March 1964, D. F. Bray; Portsmouth, 2 March 1964, D. F. Bray, 1–2 April 1966, R. J. Gagné; Clarke Hall, 11, 27 February 1964, D. F. Bray, 3 July 1964, T. J. Spilman, 5–11 November 1964, P. J. Spangler, 1–20 February 1965, W. W. Wirth, 6 July 1965, D. M. Anderson, 19 May 1966, G. Steyskal, 10–12 October 1966, A. B. Gurney; Springfield Estate, 20–26 July 1963, O. S. Flint.

BIOLOGY.—Very little is known of the habits of this species. Fisher (1950, p. 121) stated that adults have been reared from horsebean (Parkinsonia aculeata L.), royal poinciana (Poinciana sp.), huisache (Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd.), and dead tamarind (Tamarindus sp.). Most of the specimens from Dominica were captured at lights. The immature stages of this species have not been described.