CENTRAL and SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL: MINAS GERAIS

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 Minas Gerais.

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.

The Hemileucinae checklist is still incomplete as of September 8, 2008.

Many thanks to Larry Valentine (l) for his contributions to the accuracy of this list. Larry and his family find many larvae in Itanhandu (near border of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro) in southeastern Minas Gerais and are having success rearing them to adulthood. This page is dedicated to Larry for his efforts. Those species which I have added to the list, based on images submitted, are marked with (l).

Procitheronia principalis, Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
September 9, 2008, courtesy of Larry Valentine,
id by Carlos Mielke, Kirby Wolfe, Luigi Racheli, Thibaud Decaens, Bernhard Wenczel.

Procitheronia principalis, Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, courtesy of Larry Valentine.

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Arsenurinae Arsenura angulatus Arsenura aspasia CM Arsenura meander * Arsenura pandora * Arsenura orbignyana * Arsenura xanthopus * Copiopteryx s. montei * Copiopteryx s. phoenix * C. sonthonnaxi * Dysdaem. brasiliensis l Loxolomia serpentina l Rhes. h. gigantea * Rhes. pseudomartii * Titaea orsinome * Titaea tamerlan ? Saturniinae Copaxa canella l Copaxa decrescens ? Copaxa mielkeorum ? Roths. arethusa ? Rothschildia aurota ? Roths. s. specul. l Rothschildia belus ? Roths. hes. betis ? Roths. hopfferi l Roths. jacobaeae * Rothschildia prionia *

Ceratocampinae Adeloneivaia acuta * Adeloneivaia bahiana e Adelon. boisduvalii ? Adelon. catharina ? Adelon. jason ? Aadelon schubarti * Ad. subangulata * Adw. flavosignata l Cicia citrina ? Cicia crocata * Cicia pamala * Citheronia laocoon * Citheronia phoronea * Cith-ula. a. armata * Citioica anthonilis * Dacunju jucunda * Eacles barnesi * E. camposportoi * Eacles ducalis * Eacles i. magnifica l Eacles lemairei * Eacles m. fulvaster ? Eacles penelope * Jaiba kesselringi EF Megacer. pulchra * Neor. basirei l Oiticella brevis * Oit. convergens * Oth. kitchingi ? Oth. peggyae ? O. purpurascens ? Proc. principalis l Psilop. walkeri * Schausiella arpi * Sch. subochreata ? S. jauffreti N Sco. nebulosa * Syss. molina *

Hemileucinae A-winbrechlini ? Aut-la flexuosa l Aut. a. amoena * Aut. basalis * Aut. beckeri l Aut. b. tamphilus pdmg Aut. goiasensis mcc Aut-eris hamata ? Aut. illustris * Aut. inornata * Aut. melanops ESs Aut. naranja * Aut. ovalina * Aut. rectilinea * Aut. umb. lampei l Aut. submacula RP Callodirphia arpi * Cat. latifasciata * Cat. obliqua * Cat. oculata * Cerod. apunctata * Cerod. zikani * Dir. araucariae * Dirphia avia *? Dir. moderata * Dir. monticola * Dir. rubricauda GMP Dir. sombrero CM D. triangulum ? D-sis trisignata * Eubergia caisa * Eub. peggyae ? Eub-oides bertha * Eudyaria venata * Eudyaria zeta * Gam. pygmaea * Gamelia remissa *

Hemileucinae Hylesia corevia ? Hylesia ebalus * Hylesia falcifera * Hylesia maurex * Hylesia metapyrrha * Hylesia munonia * Hylesia oratex * H. pseudomoron. CM Hylesia remex * Hylesia scortina l Hylesia subcottica * Hylesia tapareba * Hylesia tiphys ? Hyperchiria incisa l Hyperchiria orodina * Ithomisa catherina * Kentroleu. albilinea * Kentroleuc. dukinfieldi ? Leu. gibbosa ? Leu. heisleri ? Leu. janeira ? L. v. viridescens ? Leu. m. gardineri l Lon. leopoldina e Lon. obliqua * Mol. basinoides * Mol. cruenta * Mol. pearsoni * Mol. sabina l Periga acuta e Periga alticola e Periga caraca N Pe. circumstans * P. circpotensis e P. falcpotensis e Pe. insidiosa * Per. potensis e Pr. rosalinda * Pr. zikani l Pseudod. agis ? Ps. brasiliensis * Ps. erubescens ? Ps. grammivora * Ps. luteata * Ts. subfumata ?

Pedro Leopoldo 40 km de BH e na Serra da Piedade em Caeté

I have begun to make thumbnail checklists of other Saturniidae species that I think are most likely in Itanhandu, in southern Minas Gerais.

Visit Arsenurinae: Arsenura, Caio, Copiopteryx, Dysdaemonia, Loxolomia, Paradaemonia, Rhescyntis and Titaea species.
Visit Saturniinae: Copaxa and Rothschildia species.
Visit Ceratocampinae: Citheronia, Eacles, Procitheronia, Adelowalkeria, Neorcarnegia, Syssphinx species.
Visit Ceratocampinae: species.
Visit Hemileucinae: Automeris and Pseudautomeris species.
Visit Hemileucinae: Hylesia species.
Visit Hemileucinae: Callodirphia, Cerodirphia, Dirphia, Dirphiopsis, Pseudodirphia species.
Visit Hemileucinae: Catacantha, Eubergia, Eubergioides, Eudyaria, Gamelia, Ithomisa, Kentroleuca, Lonomia, Periga, Prohylesia, Travassosula species.

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