20. Hymeniarecurvalis(Fabricius) . TODO

Phalaena recurvalis Fabricius, Ent. Syst., 644, 1775.

' Hymenia recurvalis, Tams, Ins. Samoa 3 (4): 274, 1935.

Sasa, June 22, Swezey; Piti, Sept. 3, at light, Swezey; Talofofo, Nov. 18, reared from spiny amaranth, Swezey.

Very widely distributed in southern Asia to Japan, and to Australian regions, Samoa, Fiji, Marquesas, and Hawaii. Recorded in Guam as a beet pest by Fullaway in 1911. We found its caterpillars abundant on spiny amaranth. Apanteles gumnensis var. was reared from some of the larvae. Only a few moths were collected or reared .