Notes on Some Saturniids From the Province of Misiones, Argentina, Including Several New Records for This Country (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae)

Abstract

Distributional records for some Saturniid taxa from the province of Misiones, NE Argentina, are given. The following species are reported for the first time for Argentina: <em>Arsenura</em> <em>orbignyana</em> (Guérin-Méneville, [1844]), <em>Dysdaemonia</em> <em>brasiliensis</em> Rothschild, 1907, <em>Adeloneivaia</em> <em>s. subangulata</em> (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855), <em>Adeloneivaia</em> <em>cathari­na</em> (Bouvier, 1927), <em>Adeloneivaia fallax</em> (Boisduval, 1872), <em>Adelowalkeria tristygma</em> (Boisduval, 1872), <em>Scolesa</em> <em>viettei</em> Travassos, 1959, <em>Citioica</em> <em>anthonilis</em> (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854), <em>Oiticella</em> <em>convergens</em> (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855), <em>Ptiloscola</em> <em>cinerea</em> (Schaus, 1900), <em>Lonomia</em> <em>obliqua</em> Walker, 1855, <em>Leucanella</em> <em>memusae gardineri</em> Lemaire, 1973 and <em>Molippa sabina</em> Walker, 1855. Some notes on Automeris illustris and <em>Automeris</em> <em>amoena</em> are given with particular reference to their distribution, variability and identification.

Descriptions of two new species of Hemileucinae (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) from the region of Muzo in Colombia—evidence from morphology and DNA barcodes

“…The presence of both species on the other side of the Oriental Cordillera (which goes down to the Eastern Plains) also requires investigation. For example, a female of Cerodirphia from the Amazonian Piedmont of the Caqueta department (Racheli & Vinciguerra 2005) should be compared carefully to C. zulemae. Immature stages and biology are unknown Etymology.…”

An updated checklist of the wild silkmoths (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) of Colombia

“…Adeloneivaia jason (Boisduval, 1872) was reported for Ca, Cc, Ch, Me, and Vl (Amarillo-Suárez 2000, Decaëns et al 2003b, Racheli and Vinciguerra 2005, Muñoz and Amarillo-Suárez 2010, but this is a complex of species, and A. jason is now known to be restricted to Mexico and northern Guatemala (Brechlin 2017b). Several new species of this species complex have been described, so the old records must refer to them.…”

“…Adeloneivaia subangulata (Herrich-Schäffer, [1855]) was reported for An, Ca, Ch, Me, and Vl (Lemaire 1988, Amarillo-Suárez 2000, Racheli and Vinciguerra 2005. However, the old records should refer to A. pallida, raised to full species status by removing from subspecies of A. subangulata (Brechlin and Meister 2011c).…”

“…Citheronia hamifera Rothschild, 1907 was reported for Ca (Racheli and Vinciguerra 2005), but it is now known to be restricted to Trinidad and probably northern Venezuela and French Guiana. Therefore, the old record should probably refer to C. witti (Brechlin et al 2019a).…”

“…Despite the growing interest and popularity of wild silkmoths, the literature dealing with the distribution of Colombian Saturniidae is limited. A few ecological studies included lists for specific locations: Río Ñambí Natural Reserve, Barbacoas, Nariño (Amarillo-Suárez 1997); San José del Palmar, Chocó (Decaëns et al 2003b); Tambito Reserve, El Tambo, Cauca (Muñoz and Amarillo-Suárez 2010); Gorgona Island National Park, Guapí, Cauca (Calero-Mejía et al 2014); and Utría National Park, Chocó (Prada Lara et al 2019) in the Chocó Biogeographic region; Albania, Caquetá, in the Orinoquía region (Racheli and Vinciguerra 2005); and Arcabuco and Quipama, Boyacá, in the Andean region (Decaëns et al 2007).…”