Eurrhyparodes tricoloralis

21.Eurrhyparodes tricoloralis (Zeller). Botys tricoloralis Zeller, Lep. Micropt. Caffr., 31, 1852. Eitrrhyparodes tricoloralis, Hampson, Fauna Brit. India, Moths 4: 264, 1896; Tams, Ins. Samoa 3 (4): 275, 1935. Talofofo, May 7, Nov. 18; Agana, May 16; Mt. Alifan, May 21; Dededo, Sept. 7; Mt. Tenjo, Sept. 22; Piti, Nov. 4, at light. All by Swezey. Of wide distribution in Africa, India, Ceylon, Java, Australia, Fiji, Samoa and Austral Islands. Now recorded for the first time in Guam. Its caterpillars were abundant as leafrollers on yerbas babue. Nearly all of our specimens were reared from this weed.Published as part of Swezey, O. H., 1946, Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Arctiidae, Agrotidae, and Pyralidae of Guam, pp. 163-185 in Insects of Guam II, Honolulu, Hawaii :Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 189 on page 179, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.516531