Syssphinx molina female, Tucurui, Para, Brazil,
March 9, 2016, Wriel Martins, identification by Bill Oehlke
Wriel martins also sends these image of an egg-laden female S. molina.
Syssphinx molina female, Tucurui, Para, Brazil,
March 9, 2016, Wriel Martins, identification by Bill Oehlke
Syssphinx molina female, Tucurui, Para, Brazil,
March 9, 2016, Wriel Martins, identification by Bill Oehlke
I have made many of my own interpolations from those works, particularly if a species was described from surrounding Brazilian states or other nearby countries with a similar biome (Tropical Rain Forest; Amazonica). Those interpolations are followed by "?" to indicate I have no confirmed reports, but I anticipate the species has a range including the state of Para.
The Brazilian states in the North Region have not been sampled for Saturniidae nearly as well as those states in the South, Southeast, and Center-West Regions. I suspect there are many omissions in these listings, and there would also be many omissions in the Northeast Region which is also poorly sampled as of this writing, February 10, 2016.
Many new species have been described since the publications of Dr. Lemaire works and much effort has been made and continues to be made with revisions to the lists. Those species recently described in the Entomo-Satsphingia Journals: 2008-2015, by Brechlin & Meister have an (e) following their names.
Para consists of low elevation tropical rainforest and would be home only to Saturniidae species known from such a biome.
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