At the time of publication of updated checklist of Cuban Lepidoptera in Zootaxa back in 2012 there were 1378 moth species on the list. It was acknowledged that the micro-lepidoptera families had been poorly studied and that there was much sill to discover.
For the last week or two I have been adding photos of moths to the website and attempting to identify many of the species that Doug and I have photographed in the last few years. It turns out that this one Ornarantia dyari has not previously been recorded on the island. It is known from Florida and the Bahamas and the larvae feed on Ficus. It's in the Family Choreutidae of which there are 11 other species (4 endemic) but not this one.
For the last week or two I have been adding photos of moths to the website and attempting to identify many of the species that Doug and I have photographed in the last few years. It turns out that this one Ornarantia dyari has not previously been recorded on the island. It is known from Florida and the Bahamas and the larvae feed on Ficus. It's in the Family Choreutidae of which there are 11 other species (4 endemic) but not this one.
Ornarantia dyari 25 Mar 2017 Topes de Collantes © Tim Norriss
And here are two more species that are not on the Cuban list either. The first is one of the plume moths Alucita sp but don't know what species and the second is a Gelechiid and almost certainly Perimede erransella though it would really need dissection I think to confirm it.
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