Elf moths (Lepidoptera Euteliidae) of Trinidad & Tobago

Abstract

Information and images are summarized for five genera and 12 species recorded from Trinidad, of which one genus and three species also occur in Tobago. Five species are newly recorded from Trinidad. More taxonomic investigation is needed regarding the Marathyssa ablatrix (Guenée) complex. Paectes devincta (Walker) is only known from an image taken on Chacachacare Island. As yet, no Euteliidae from Trinidad & Tobago have been DNA barcoded, but when sequences become available, this is expected to raise more taxonomic questions