SL25E Azeta rhodogaster

Erebidae, Eulepidotinae. Wingspan : 48mm.
This species has proved yet another mystery for many years, as, for a fairly large and distinctive moth, there doesn’t seem to be any previous references to it on the Internet. It also only seems to have occurred in the NW part of St Lucia, and although we’ve recorded on other islands and in Central America, it has not appeared anywhere else. Actually not a Pyralid as I originally thought, but in 2019 I unexpectedly found an example of it in the Boldsystems database whilst looking for another species. Three were recorded at this site during our stay. The name has been updated in Boldsystems, so has been corrected here.