ADELOWALKERIA OF THE WORLD
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Updated as per Lemaire's Ceratocampinae 1988, September 30, 2006 Updated as per Witt Museum on-line puplication; September 4, 2012 |
Larvae pupate in subterranean chambers and adults fly in South America.
Females have simple antennae and rounded forewings; males have triangular forewings and hindwings are usually lobed. Forewings usually have two-four white spots, with caeca being an exception.
P indicates a photograph is available. The first country listed is the type locality.
Adelowalkeria siriae fifth instar, Misiones, Argentina, courtesy/copyright Reinhard Foerster.
Adelowalkeria flavosignata fifth instar, Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
January 18, 2013, courtesy of Larry Valentine.
P caeca Lemaire, 1969, western
Colombia,
Panama
P eugenia
(Druce, 1904),
French Guiana,
Panama,
Venezuela,
Guyana, ?
Suriname,
Brazil,
Argentina,
Colombia,
Ecuador
comstocki (Fleming, 1945), Venezuela, is a synonym for eugenia
N eugenicolombiana Brechlin & Meister, 2011
Colombia: Cundinamarca
P flavoboliviana Brechlin & Meister, 2011
Bolivia: Chuquisaca; LaPaz; Beni;
PeruPeru
N flavoparvissima Brechlin & Meister, 2011
Bolivia: Chuquisaca; Santa Cruz
P flavosignata (Walker, 1855) ?,
Brazil,
Venezuela,
Bolivia,
Paraguay,
Argentina,
Peru; ?
Ecuador
wardii (Boisduval, 1872), Brazil, is a synonym for flavosignata
philiponi (Bouvier, 1927), Brazil, is a synonym for flavosignata
caripitoensis (Fleming. 1945), Venezuela, is a synonym for flavosignata
sanctissima D'Abrera, 1995, Triniidad, is a synonym for flavosignata
P kitchingi Brechlin & Meister, 2011
Peru;
Ecuador;
Bolivia: La Paz
P plateada (Schaus, 1905)
Guyana,
Ecuador,
Venezuela,
French Guiana,
Brazil, probably
Suriname
tristygma amazonica (W. Rothschild, 1907), Brazil, is a synonym for plateada
P siriae Brechlin & Meister, 2011
Argentina
P torresi Travassos & May, 1941
Brazil,
Venezuela,
French Guiana,
Ecuador??, probably
Guyana and
Suriname
P tristygma (Boisduval, 1872)
Brazil,
Argentina (EB),
Paraguay, possibly
Bolivia and
Peru.
columbia (Schaus, 1892), "Columbia", Brazil is a synonym for tristygma
N vanschaycki Brechlin & Meister, 2011
Argentina: Misiones: Dos de Mayo;
Brazil
P witti Brechlin & Meister, 2011
Peru: Madre de Dios;
Ecuador: Napo
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Adelowalkeria vanschaycki female, Brazil,
courtesy of Eric van Schayck, very tentative id by Bill Oehlke.
