Trinidad.—In dried-up drain; among grass; in debris under old cacao tree; under old leaves (Princis and Kevan, 1955).
Puerto Rico.—Abundant in damp lowlands (Seín, 1923). Under dead leaves in wet malojillo meadow (Wolcott, 1936).
This species is amphibious (p. [31]). Shelford (1907) suggested that immature stages of other species of the genus may be aquatic, which would place them in moist situations on the shores of rivers and other bodies of water.
Epilampra azteca
Panama.—Very scarce, under palm trees in decaying leaf mold and litter; one found under decaying bark of a log (Hebard, 1921a).
Epilampra mona
Mona Island, Puerto Rico.—One specimen under bark of dead tree (Ramos, 1946).
Epilampra tainana
Cuba.—Under dead leaves on stream bank (Rehn and Hebard, 1927).