Arctiini Leach, [1815] (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) of the Brazilian Amazon. I — Subtribe Phaegopterina Kirby, 1892

Abstract

This study aims to identify and record Arctiini specimens from the Brazilian Amazon, as well as upgrade the existing lists regarding this tribe. The material included in this study consisted of specimens from collections, and insects collected in the field, as well as a literature review,. There are 469 species of Phaegopterina, including 52 are new recorded species, for the Brazilian Amazon.

First record of Toulgoetarctia nigripuncta (Joicey & Talbot, 1918) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from Brazil

“…(Joicey & Talbot, 1918 south from Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (locality of Saül) in French Guyana, the closest record for the species . This new record increases the number of species of Toulgoetarctia occurring in Brazil Gibeaux 2014, Teston andFerro 2016a) to 3; this record also increases the number of species of Arctiinae occurring in Pará to 535 (Teston et al 2016) and to 820 in the Brazilian Amazon (Teston and Ferro 2016b). Furthermore, it highlights the need of sampling in poorly known areas such as the Brazilian Amazon.…”

“…The genus Toulgoetarctia was described by Coenen and Gibeaux in 2014 and its distribution is exclusively Neotropical; currently there are 6 described species , and among these, 2 have known distribution in Brazil: Toulgoetarctia haematora Coenen & Gibeaux, 2014 (Amazonas) and T. sanguinea (Hampson, 1905) (Pará) (Rothschild 1910, Rothschild 1922, Teston and Ferro 2016a.…”

Arctiini Leach, [1815] (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) of the Brazilian Amazon. IV - Subtribe Euchromiina Butler, 1876

“…Hagmann resided in Santarém and Zerny spent a season collecting moths there. Belém was also the second municipality with the highest number of Phaegopterina, Pericopina and Ctenuchina records (Teston & Ferro 2016a, b, Teston et al 2019. Table 1.…”

“…Due to the new records obtained in our study (13), there was an increase in richness for the biome, generating a total of 860 tiger moth Amazon species. As observed for the subtribes Phaegopterina (Teston & Ferro 2016a), Pericopina (Teston & Ferro 2016b) and Ctenuchina (Teston et al 2019), the number of Amazonian Euchromiina species is underestimated because the fauna was never sampled in the vast majority of the biome (less than 10% of the municipalities were sampled). Even the sites already sampled need to be studied in the long-term (at least 1 year of sampling) because it is known that tiger moths respond to climate/seasonal changes (Kitching et al 2000, Hilt et al 2007, Scherrer et al 2013, Ferro et al 2014 and that Lepidoptera richness is higher in long-term surveys than in short-term surveys (Ferro & Diniz 2007, Moreno & Ferro 2016, Martins et al 2017.…”

El género Cresera Schaus, 1894 (Lepidoptera: Arctiinae) en el Perú: diversidad y patrones de distribución geográfica

“…Los trabajos de Arctiinae de la Región Neotropical en la mayoría de los casos están circunscritos a estudios faunísticos (Grados 1999, 2001, Teston & Corseuil 2004, Teston & Ferro 2016 y descripciones de nuevas especies (Grados 2004, 2015, Pinheiro 2016, Vincent 2011. Son escasos los trabajos biogeográficos, destacando los datos de distribución de especies que se mencionan en los trabajos de revisión de los géneros Horama Hübner (Dietz & Duckworth 1976), Halysidota (Watson 1980) y Macrocneme Hübner (Dietz 1994).…”