Updated as per ZOOLOGIA LEPIDÓPTEROS DE IMPORTÂNCIA MÉDICA OCORRENTES NO RIO GRANDE DO SUL. III. SATURNIIDAE – HEMILEUCINAE (flight months; foodplants; RGDS); Alexandre Specht; Elio Corseuil; Aline Carraro Formentini

Rio Grande do Sul, southeastern Brazil

Biomes of Brazil

A "?" indicates that I (William Oehlke) expect this moth might be present, but I have no confirmed reports. An "a" indicates presence is confirmed in work of Alexandre Specte et. al. publication. A () indicates a presence confirmed in Claude Lemaire's works.
This website is designed and maintained by Bill Oehlke. If you have additions, corrections, data, images, etc., please send to Bill Oehlke.
Many thanks to all those who have contributed images and/or information. I look forward to additional documentation in the years to come. Hopefully many people in Rio Grande do Sul will carefully photograph mature larvae they encounter in the wild and will rear the larvae through to adulthood, giving us a link to the species and its larvae. Many of the larvae of Saturniidae from Rio Grande do Sul are still unknown.

Syssphinx molina* female, Sao Miguel das Missoes, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil,
December 26, 2013, courtesy of Joao Amarildo Ranguetti, id by Bill Oehlke.
Many thanks to Emily Betania Sloczynski Jerke who provides the following two images of Rothschildia arethusa from Ajuricaba, Rio Grande do Sul. Although arethusa was expected in RS, this may be the first documentation in that state.

Rothschildia arethusa, Ajuricaba, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil,
December 18, 2018, courtesy of Emily Betania Sloczinski Jerke, id by Bill Oehlke.

Rothschildia arethusa, Ajuricaba, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil,
December 18, 2018, courtesy of Emily Betania Sloczynski Jerke, id by Bill Oehlke.

Oxyteninae

Asthe. podaliraria ?

Arsenurinae

Ars. a. armida *
A. biundulata *
A. angulatus ?
A. orbignyana ?
A. xanthopus *
Caio romulus *
Copi. derceto *
C. sonthonnaxi *
D. brasiliensis *
Lox. serpentina ?
Paradae. mayi ?
P. meridionalis *
Par. orsilochus ?
Parada. thelia *
R. h. gigantea ?
R. pseudomar. *
T. t. tamerlan *

Saturniinae

Copaxa canella
Co. decrescens ?
Cop. f. flavina *
C. flavobrun. ?
C. joinvillea *
C. satellitia ?

R. arethusa EBSJ
R. s. speculif. *
R. spec. siriae ?
R. belus *
R. hes. betis ?
R. lutea ?
R. hopfferi *
R. jacobaeae *

Ceratocampinae

*Ad. catharina**
Ad. fallax *
A. subangulata *
A. flavosignata *
Adw. siriae ?
Adw. trystigma *
A. approxima. *
Alme. corrupta *
Cicia citrina ?
Cicia crocata *
Cicia nettia *
Cicia pamala ?
Cith. aroa RSL
Cith. brissotii *
Cith. johnsoni *
Cith. laocoon *
Cith. phoronea ?
Cith. vogleri *
Citi. anthonilis *
C-la. a. armata ?
Ea. bertrandi *
Eacles ducalis *
E. i. magnifica *
Eacles mayi *
Meg. pulchra ?
M. paranaens. *
Neor. basirei *
O. convergens ?
Oit. luteciae *
Othor. cadmus *
O. purpurasc. *
P. principalis ?
Proc. purpurea *
Psilop. basalis ?
Psil. crispula *
Psilop. walkeri *
Ptilos. cinerea ?
Schaus arpi ?
Schau. janeira ?
S. hypoxantha *
Scolesa totoma *
Sco. viettei *
Syss. molina *

Hemileucinae

Aut-la. aurora ax
A. chrisbrechl. ?
Aut. flexuosa a
Aut. basalis a
Aut. beckeri a
Aut. hamata a
Aut. illustris a
Aut. inornata a
Aut. janus a??
Automeris larra a
Aut. melanops a
Aut. muscula a
Aut. naranja a
Aut. nebulosa a
Aut. nubila a
Aut. ovalina a
Aut. submacula a
Aut-eris tristis a
Aut. u. lampei ?
A-sis umbrata ?
Callodirphia arpi a
Cat. ferruginea ?
Cat. latifasciata ?
Cat. oculata a
Cer. apunctata ?
Cerodirphia opis a
Cer. parvagans e
Cerod. rubripes a
Cerod. vagans a
Cerod. zikani a
Dir. araucariae a
Dirphia baroma a
Dirphia curitiba ?
Dirphia dolosa a
Dir. fornax a
Dir. moderata ?
Dir. muscosa a

Hemileucinae

D-opsis ayuruoca ?
D-opsis delta a
D-opsis epiolina a
D-opsis lombardi ?
D. multicolor a
D-opsis pictur. ?
D-opsis trisignata a
Eubergia caisa a
Eub. drechseli ?
Eub-oides bertha ?
Eudyaria venata a
Eudyaria zeta a
Gam. catharina a
Gam. pygmaea ?
Gam. remissoides ?
H. pagenstecheri a
Hid. paranensis ?
Hidripa perdix a
Hidripa taglia a
Hylesia discifex *
Hyl. ebalus ?
Hyl. falcifera ?
Hylesia maurex ?
Hyl. metapyrrha a
Hyl. nanus ?
Hyl. nigricans a
Hyl. oratex a
Hylesia paulex a
Hyl. remex a
Hylesia rufex a
Hyl. scortina a
Hyl. subcana ?
Hyl. subcottica ?
Hyl. vindex a

Hemileucinae

Hyp. incisa *
Hyp-o. bulaea ?
*Ith. catherina**
Ith. kinkelini a
Ken. albilinea ?
K. brunneateg. ?
Ken. dukinfieldi ?
K. griseoalbata ?
Leu. gibbosa ?
Leu. heisleri ?
Leu. janeira *
L. v. viridescens *
Leu. m. gardineri *
Lon. obliqua *
L. parobliqua *
M. convergens ?
Mol. cruenta *
Mol. sabina *
Mol. simillima *
Mol. strigosa ?
Periga campestre N
P. circaustralis e
Pe. circumstans *
Periga elyi N
Pe. falcata ?
Per. parallela ?
Per. pulchra e
Pr. friburgensis ?
Pr. rosalinda ?
Pr. zikani ?
Ps. brasiliensis ?
Ps. coronis *
Ps. erubescens ?
Ps. grammivora *
Ps. hubneri *
Ps. luteata *
Ps. stawiarskii ?
Ps. subcoronis ?
P. catarinensis ?
T. subfumata a

Pseudautomeris species, fifth instar, Itaara, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil,
October 15, 2018, courtesy of Fabricio Colusso.

Hemileucinae fifth instar, Nova Palma, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil,
November 27, 2018, courtesy of Pieterson Santi Rossata.

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