Neorcarnegia bispinosa

Neorcarnegia bispinosa
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Naumann, 2006

Neorcarnegia bispinosa female, Calilegua, Jujuy, Argentina,
February 17, 2010, 1100m, courtesy of Nigel Venters, tentative id by Bill Oehlke.

Neorcarnegia bispinosa female, Calilegua, Jujuy, Argentina,
February 17, 2010, 1100m, courtesy of Nigel Venters, tentative id by Bill Oehlke.

Neorcarnegia bispinosa male, Calilegua, Jujuy, Argentina,
February 17, 2010, 1100m, courtesy of Nigel Venters, tentative id by Bill Oehlke.

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TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Ceratocampinae, Harris, 1841
Genus: Neocarnegia, Draudt, 1930
species: bispinosa, Naumann, 2006

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I am not sure of range differences between basirei and bispinosa, but I think bispinosa is from drier habitat in Brazil, western Paraguay, Bolivia and northwestern Argentina, while basirei is more likely limited to southeastern Brazil, southeastern Paraguay and possibly northeastern Argentina.

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