Xanthopastis timais

Xanthopastis timais is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found throughout the lowland areas of South and Central America and in the Caribbean. In the south, it ranges to northern Argentina. It was previously also recorded from North America, but these records refer to Xanthopastis regnatrix.^[2]

Illustration from Sepp’s Surinaamsche vlinders

Xanthopastis timais
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Xanthopastis
Species:	X. timais
Binomial name
Xanthopastis timais (Cramer, 1780)[1]
Synonyms
Phalaena timais Cramer, [1780] Phalaena Noctua timais Cramer, [1780] Glottula timais Euthisanotia timais Phalaena amaryllidis Sepp, [1840] Glottula heterocampa Guenée, 1852 Philochrysa regnatrix Grote, [1864] Xanthopastis antillium Dyar, 1913 Xanthopastis timias f. molinoi Dyar, 1919

Ecology

Herbivory

The larvae of Xanthopastis timais feeds on Griffinia ornata.^[3]