In the latest published list of Lepidoptera found in Cuba (2012), there are approximately 1350 moth species. Many others residing in collections remain unnamed and I and others have many photos of species which are also unidentified so far. It is quite possible that some of these will in fact be new to science.
Back in 2018 I was sent some photos of a noctuid moth by Marek Bartczak that he thought initially to be Litoprosopus hatuey. It soon became clear however when experts viewed the images that it was in fact an undescribed species of Litoprosopus. Two years on and the paper describing this and many other species new to Florida has now been published Troubridge, J. T. 2020. It has been named Litoprosopus linea and the genus has been moved from the Eulepidotinae to Dyopsinae. It is known from Cuba, the Bahamas, the Florida Keys, and peninsular Florida at least as far north as Ocala. The type material dates back to 1982.
Back in 2018 I was sent some photos of a noctuid moth by Marek Bartczak that he thought initially to be Litoprosopus hatuey. It soon became clear however when experts viewed the images that it was in fact an undescribed species of Litoprosopus. Two years on and the paper describing this and many other species new to Florida has now been published Troubridge, J. T. 2020. It has been named Litoprosopus linea and the genus has been moved from the Eulepidotinae to Dyopsinae. It is known from Cuba, the Bahamas, the Florida Keys, and peninsular Florida at least as far north as Ocala. The type material dates back to 1982.
Litoprosopus linea 09 May 2018 Varadero © Marek Bartczak
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