Areva trigemmis (Hübner, 1824)

Hübner, J. (1824). Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge, Drittes
Hundert: p. 22, no. 239, figs 477, 478. Described as Trichromia trigemmis.
Translated from the German original.

239. Trichromia Trigemmis.
(Phalaena vera, lithosia tineiformis.)
Fig. 477. 478.

Very closely related to this species is T. Onytes*, which differs from the
species here presented in its first sex only by the fewer and more
beautifully coloured spots of the fore wings, as well as by the entirely grey
hind wings, which like the abdomen are edged with yellow; the present species
was likewise communicated to me by Mr. Bescke and was stated to be an
inhabitant of St. Domingo.
*) Cram. uitl. Kap. 105. C.

Hampson, G.F. (1900). Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British
Museum, vol. 2: Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Nolinae, Lithosianae): p. 216,
fig. 182.

452. Areva trigemmis.
Trichromia trigemmis, Hübn. Zutr. Ex. Schmett. iii. p. 22, ff. 477, 478
(1827); Kirby, Cat. Het. ii. p. 290.
Lithosia ziza, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 400, pl. 78. f. 11 (1897).

Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous; tegulae and extremity of patagia whitish;
mesothorax, and often the vertex of head, with whitish patches. Fore wing
fuscous with cupreous and purplish reflections; a whitish fascia on basal
half of inner margin; a medial spot below costa, another above submedian
fold, and an elongate spot below vein 1 extending more or less towards
tornus; a spot on middle of termen. Hind wing fuscous, the basal half
whitish.
Hab. Mexico, Orizaba (Schaus), type † ziza in Coll. Schaus; Haiti; Brazil,
Espiritu Santo, 1 male. Exp. 32 millim.

Draudt, M. (1919). Lithosiinae. In: Seitz, A. (ed.), The Macrolepidoptera of
the World, vol. 6, The American Bombyces and Sphinges: p. 287, pl. 37 k.

A. trigemmis Hbn. (= ziza Drc.) (37 k) has a darker blackish-brown body with
whitish spots on its collar, shoulder-covers and mesothorax. Forewings
blackish-brown with a purple and coppery lustre; small whitish spots at the
base of the proximal margin, below the middle of the costal margin, above the
submedian fold and below it near the proximal angle, and in the middle of
the margin. Hindwings blackish-brown, towards the base whitish. Expanse of
wings: 32 mm. Known from Mexico, Brazil and Hayti.