Dirphia muscosa
Updated as per personal communication with Joao Amarildo Ranguetti (Massaranduba, Sanata Catarina, Brazil, July 16, 23, 2017; August 25, 2017); March 30, 2018

Dirphia muscosa
Schaus, 1898

Dirphia muscosa, Massaranduba, Santa Catarina, Brazil,
July 23, 2017, courtesy of Joao Amarildo Ranguetti.

TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family Saturniidae Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Hemileucinae, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Tribe: Hemileucini, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Genus: Dirphia, Hubner, 1819

Dirphia muscosa male, Massaranduba, Santa Catarina, Brazil,
July 16, 2017, courtesy of Joao Amarildo Ranguetti.

Dirphia muscosa male, Massaranduba, Santa Catarina, Brazil,
July 16, 2017, courtesy of Joao Amarildo Ranguetti.

Dirphia muscosa male, Massaranduba, Santa Catarina, Brazil,
August 25, 2017, courtesy of Joao Amarildo Ranguetti.

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