CENTRAL BRAZIL: MATO GROSSO

This page is inspired by and dedicated to Eurides Furtado of Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Eurides has provided me with many electronic images, has frequently assisted with identifications and corrections, and has provided much information.

Many thanks to Johan van t Bosch (JVB) who visits Cristalino Jungle Lodge in extreme northern Mato Grosso, near border with Para. Johan has sent images of live moths (Saturniidae and Sphingidae) that are encountered near the windows of the lodge. Johan has been able to confirm several species that are not listed for Mato Grosso in the great works of Claude Lemaire.

Titaea orsinome grey female, Reserva Vale da Solidão,
14o22’S 56o07’W, Mato Grosso, Brazil, courtesy of Eurides Furtado copyright.

Many thanks also go to the other individuals who have contributed images and information and have helped with identifications and corrections to flesh out the active links listed below.

These provisional checklists of the different Saturniidae subfamilies have been largely created by going through the information provided in the four great Saturniidae works by the late Dr. Claude Lemaire (*) of France: Attacidae (1978), Arsenurinae (1980), Ceratocampinae (1988) and Hemileucinae (2002).

I have made many of my own interpolations from those works. Those interpolations are followed by "?" to indicate I have no confirmed reports, but I anticipate the species has a range including the state of Mato Grosso.

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.

I recently saw the following larva from Bairro Quilombo, Cuaiba, Mato Grosso. It appears to be in the umbrosa group which includes umbrosa, umbosa lampei, naranja and nubila, none of which have published ranges which include Mato Grosso.

Automeris unknown fifth instar, Bairro Quilombo, Mato Grosso, Brazil,
March 30, 2016, Timoteo Alves Freitas.

Rothschildia erycina erycina male, Nova Bandeirantes, Mato Grosso, Brazil,
June 17, 2016, 200m, courtesy of José Varkulja via Wilson Alegretti.

This website is designed and maintained by Bill Oehlke who can be reached at oehlkew@islandtelecom.com. If you have additions, corrections, data, images, etc., please send to Bill Oehlke.

Arsenurinae

Almeid. aidae EF
Ar. angulatus
Ars. a. armida *
A. ciocolatina ?
Ars. aspasia CM
Ars. meander *
Ars. mossi BF
A. ponderosa BF
Arsenura sylla *
Ars. thomsoni *
Ars. orbignyana *
Ars. batesi *
Cop. semiramis *
Cop. s. montei *
Copiop. virgo *
Cop. jehovah *
Lox. johnsoni *
Lox. winbrechlini?
Parad. andensis *
Parad. nycteris *
Par. platydesmia *
Parad. samba *
Rhescyn. hermes *
Ti. lemoulti JVB
Titaea orsinome *
T. t. amazonensis *
Titaea timur *

Saturniinae

C. decrescens ?
Copaxa simson *

R. a. rhodina *
R. aurota ?
R. e. erycina *
R. h. lutea *
Ceratocampinae


Adelon. acuta *
Ad. boisduvalii *
Ad. catharina *
A. c. catoxantha *
Adelon. jason *
Adelon. pelias *
Ad. s. sabulosa *
Adel. schubarti EF
A. s. brasiliensis *
Ad. subangulata *
Adw. eugenia *
Ceropoda tibialis *
Cicia citrina *
Cicia pamala *
Citheronia aroa *
Cith. hamifera *
C. h. bodoquena *
Cith. laocoon *
Cith. phoronea *
Cith. vogleri *
C. a. armata *
Citi. anthonilis *














Ceratocampinae


Eacles adoxa *
Eacles barnesi *
E. guianensis *
E. i. cacicus *
E. m. fulvaster *
E. penelope ?
Mega. pulchra *
Neor. basirei *
Oit. convergens *
Othorene hodeva *
O. purpurascens *
P. fenestrata *
Psilop. crispula *
Psilop. walkeri *
Psilopyg. oda *
Ptil. photophila *
Sch. longispina *
Sch. subochreata *
Sco. hypoxantha *
Sco. nebulosa *
Syssphinx amena *
Syss. molina *














Hemileucinae


Aut. a. amoena *
Aut. bilinea *
A. balachowski ?
A. cinctistriga *
A. curvilinea JvB
Aut. duchartrei *
Aut-eris egeus *
Aut. goaisensis *
A. granulosa *
Aut-eris hamata *
Aut-eris janus *
Aut-eris larra *
Aut. midea *
Aut. rectilinea *
Aut. rostralis ?
C. apunctata ?
Dirphia avia *
Dir. f. fraterna *
Dir. moderata *
D. p. panamensis *
Dir. rubricauda *
Eubergia caisa *
Gamel. pygmaea *
Gamelia rubriluna *












Hemileucinae


Hylesia annulata *
Hyles. canitia JVB
Hylesia ebalus *
Hylesia. gyrex *
H. melanosti. ?
Hylesia obtusa *
Hyl. r. thaumex *
Hyl. schuessleri *
Hyl. subcottica ?
Hyl. tapareba ?
Hyper. orodina *
Ken. albilinea ?
Ken. dukinfieldi *
Ken. lineosa ?
Ken. spitzi ?
Leu. maasseni *
Leu. newmani *
L. a. diabolus *
L. descimoni ?
Mol. simillima ?
Pe. circumstans *
Periphoba augur *
Periph. hircia JVB
Ps. erubescens *
Ps. luteata *
Pseudodir. agis *
T. subfumata ?









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