Bolivia: Departments: La Paz
Saturniidae: Tentative Checklist

Located in central western Bolivia, bordering Peru, La Paz Department has a great diversity of species as it offers a wide range of habitats.

It contains the mighty Cordillera Real that reaches altitudes of 6.6 kilometers (4.1 miles). Northeast of the Cordillera Real are the Yungas, the steep eastern slopes of the Andes that make the transition to the Amazon basin.

The Capital City, La Paz sits at an altitude of 3600m. La Paz sits in a bowl surrounded by the high altiplano. The greatest diversity of Saturniidae species would occur on the eastern slopes of the mountains. Ixiamas (in Iturralde) is only at 258m above sea level and is comprised of humid savannahs. I suspect there are low level tropical ranforests in the northen most reaches of La Paz, while the southern extremes are probably dry, high altitude plains.

NB: Those species followed by WO? are unconfirmed. Many are low elevation species found in surrounding areas. If present, they would probably be from low-lying northern areas in La Paz.

Those species followed by WO? are purely speculative. I have made this tentative checklist primarily as an identification tool for myself should I begin to receive additional electronic images from La Paz Department.

My intitial attempts at determinations would be to compare the images with those I suspect are in La Paz.

Quite a few of the species listed below may not be found in La Paz, and there are probably quite a few species that do fly in La Paz that are not on my tentative lists.

Sometimes people send me images of moths and/or their larvae from various countries. It is usually very helpful to know the collecting/sighting data as many species have specific ranges. Hopefully these department checklists, supported by Claude Lemaire's major Saturniidae works will help me and others with identifications.

I have not seen such checklists in Lemaire's publications, and the checklists are derived by going through his species accounts, one at a time.

I, William Oehlke, have added some interpolations, designated by a question mark (?). Please note, my interpolations are not confirmed and may or may not be present. Please send sightings/images to Bill Oehlke.

Those species followed by * are confirmed by Claude Lemaire. There are some additions by Thibaud Decaens (t), Henrik Bloch (h) and by All Leps Bar Code of Life (a). There are also many additions of recently described species from the Entomo-Satsphingia journals from 2008-2015. If you find errors of inclusion or omission, please pass them along to oehlkew@islandtelecom.com.

La Paz: Tentative Checklist

Oxyteninae Asthenidia b. buckleyi ? Homoeopteryx divisa ? Arsenurinae Arsenura ciocolatina t Arsenura delormei ? Arsenura jennettae ? Arsenura rebeli ? Arsenura sylla * Arsenura batesii * Arsenura ponderosa * Grammopelta lineata * Paradae. platydesmia ? Titaea tamer. nobilis ? Saturniinae Saturniini Copaxa decrescens ? Copaxa e. brunneaoc. t Copaxa f. miranda ? Copaxa lunula ? Copaxa medea ? Copaxa satellita ? Attacini Roths. a. xanthina ? Rothschildia chiris ? Rothschidlia hopfferi * Roths. o. peruviana ?

Ceratocampinae Adeloneivaia. acuta * Adelon. boisduvalii * Adelon. c. catoxantha * Adelon. jason ? Adelon. jaustralica Adelon. paracatharina Adelow. flavoboliviana Adelowalkeria kitchingi Citheronia andina * Citheronia aroa * Citheronia laocoon * Citioica anthonilis * Citioca rubrocanescens Eacles barnesi ? Eacles callopteris * Eacles imp. cacicus * Eacles ma. fulvaster ? Eacles or. peruviana * Eacles penelope ? Othorene lapaziana Othor. purpurascens * Othorene winbrechlini * Rachesa chrisbrechlinae Rachesa nisa ? Rachesa reventador * Schausiella carabaya ? Schaus. longispina ? Schaus. subochreata t Schaus. yungasensis Syssphinx amena t Syssph. lapazcellata Syssphinx molina ? Syssphinx ocellata *

Hemileucinae Automerina cypria * Automerula auletes * Autom-ula. yungasletes Aut. ama. amanda * Aut. amo. amoena * Automer. balachowski * Automer. ch. chacona * Aut. c. cochabambae * Aut.s denticulata * Aut. duchartrei * Automeris egeus * Automeris falco * Automeris gabriellae * Automeris grammodes * Automeris hamata h Aut. harrisorum * A. harriyungasi. e Automeris janus * Automeris lachaumei * Automeris latenigra * Automeris liberia * Automeris pomifera * Autom. rectilinea * Automeris styx * Catacanta stramentalis * Cerodirph. b. brunnea * Cerod. rad. consaepta * Cerodirphia siriae e Dirphia acidalia * Dirphia brevifurca * Dirphia avia * Dirphia pan. fassli * Dirphia s. confluens ? Dirphia s. juninensis ? Dirphia f. fraterna * Dirphia lapaziana e Dirphia thliptophana * Dirphiopsis flora * Dirphiopsis rotenbergi Gamelia abasia ? Gamelia abasiella * Gam. bolivietti Gam. neidhoeferi ? Gamelia rindgei ? Gam. rubriluna * Gamelia viettei t Hidripa gschwandneri * Hirpida boliviochoba Hirpida guajoni t? Hirpida nigrolinea ? Hirpida sinjaevorum Hylesia aenides * Hylesia andensis * Hylesia annulata * Hylesia bouvereti * Hylesia canitia * Hylesia ebalus * Hylesia egrex * Hylesia melanops * H. melanostigma *

Hemileucinae Hylesia metabus * Hylesia nanus * Hyl. nigridorsata * Hylesia olivenca * Hylesia oroyex ? Hylesia penai * Hyl. praeda nigra * Hyl. subfasciata ? Hylesia terrosex * Hylesia vialactea * Hyperchiria acutapex e Hyper. australoacuta e Hyper. extremapex e Hyper. i. bicolor Hyper. i. gadouae Hyperchiria nausica H. nausioccidentalis e Hypermerina kasyi t Leucanella contei ? Leucan. c. contempta Leucanella lama ? Leucanella lynx ? Leucanella maandensis Leucanella maasseni * Leucanella newmani * Leuc. rufoboliviana Leucanella stuarti * Leuc. vir. paraviridior Lonomia achelous * Lonomia descimoni a Lonomia pseudobliqua * Lonomia sinjaevorum Molippa latemedia * Molippa simillima * Parad. o. latipunctata * Parad. parviboliviana Periga bispinosa * Pe. parviboliviana * Per. parvibulbacea * Periphoba hircia * Periphoba ockendeni Periphoba tarapoto * Periphoba yungasiana e Prohylesia peruviana Ps. arminiyungasensis Pseuda. ir. arminirene * Pseudautomeris lata * Pseudautom. luteata * Pseudodirphia pohli ? Pseudodirphia agis * Pseudod. agiyungana * Pseud. andicola * Pseud. eumedidoides * Pseudod. obliqua * Pseudod. purpurata Pseudodirphia svetlanae Pseudod. uniformis * Pseudodirphia varia *

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