Arsenura and Titaea (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae: Arsenurinae): new records for the Cerrado of Northeast Brazil

Abstract

The Northeast region occupies 18.27% of the Brazilian territory with phytophysiognomies of the Amazon Forest, Atlantic Forest, Cerrado and Caatinga (exclusive to this region) biomes (Santos et al., 2020). About 46% of the native area of the Cerrado, one of the main biodiversity hotspots in the world, are converted to pasture or agricultural crops (Hofmann et al., 2021). The area protected of the Cerrado is only 2.2%, increasing the risk of species extinction, including those endemics to this biome (Ferro et al., 2010).