Ecology: Montane forest; substrate unknown. Elevation: 2380 m. Distribution: West Indies, Venezuela and Brazil.
Calyptrochaeta setigera (Mitt.) W.R. Buck, Brittonia 39: 223. 1987. Eriopus setigerus Mitt., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 12: 392. 1869. Type: Brazil. Prope Rio Grande, Weir 6.