Neorcarnegia bispinosa
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Naumann, 2006

Neorcarnegia bispinosa male, Tiangua, Ceara, Brazil,
February 28, 2017, courtesy of Sylvia Barroso, 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

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.

Neorcarnegia bispinosa male, Tiangua, Ceara, Brazil,
April 3, 2018, courtesy of Sylvia Barroso, tentative id by Bill Oehlke.

Neorcarnegia bispinosa male, Tiangua, Ceara, Brazil,
April 3, 2018, courtesy of Sylvia Barroso, tentative id by Bill Oehlke.

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