SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL: Santa Catarina

Regarding the two images directly above, which I have tentatively identified as Dirphia dentimaculata, the male seems a pretty good, but not perfect, match for Lemaire's image of same in his Hemileucinae, 2002. As far as I know the female remains undescribed, and the female supplied by Philippe Brems does not seem a good match for any other known Dirphia from the area so by process of elimination, I have tentatively identified her as Dirphia dentimaculata. Note the much closer proximity of the pm line to the outer margin in the female I have listed as dentimaculata????

The Dirphia species which would be closest in apearance to dentimaculata would be the muscosa which I believe are accurately identified and depicted below. Note the broadly pre-apical pm line, especially of the female dentimaculata below compared to the female above. I also note the male and female above are both smaller than the male and female below, respectively.

Dirphia muscosa male, Sao Bento do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil,
85mm, December 2013, courtesy of Philippe Brems

Dirphia muscosa female, Sao Bento do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil,
105mm, December 2013, courtesy of Philippe Brems

Locations on the map are approximations. Most of the collecting reports have come from the northeastern part of Santa Catarina, and it is difficult to place them without overlapping text.

This page is inspired by and dedicated to Philippe Brems who has provided many images from Sao Bento Do Sul in northeastern Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Many thanks also go to the other individuals (Chris Conlan, Reinhard Foerster, Eurytides Furtado, Carlos Mielke, Ryan Saint Laurent, Larry Valentine, Eric van Schayck, Bernhard Wenczel), who have contributed images depicted on this page, along with information and have helped with identifications and corrections to flesh out the active links listed below.

Specific collection locations in Santa Catarina are indicated in green text below each image in the table.

These provisional checklists of the different Saturniidae subfamilies have been largely created by going through the information provided in the four great Saturniidae works by the late Dr. Claude Lemaire (*) of France: Attacidae (1978), Arsenurinae (1980), Ceratocampinae (1988) and Hemileucinae (2002), and have been updated to include all of the new species designations in the Entomo-Satsphingia journals (e) from 2008-2015.

I have made some of my own interpolations from those works, particularly if a species was described from both Parana to the north and Rio Grande Do Sul to the south. Those interpolations are followed by "?" to indicate I have no confirmed reports, but I anticipate the species has a range including the state of Santa Catarina.

Many new species have been described since the publications of Dr. Lemaire works and much effort has been made and continues to be made with revisions to the lists.

Descriptions in the table's right hand column pertain to males of the given species.

This website is designed and maintained by Bill Oehlke who can be reached at oehlkew@islandtelecom.com. If you have additions, corrections, data, images, etc., please send to Bill Oehlke.

Callodirphia Callodirphia arpi male Sao Bento do Sul; Joinville; Rio Vermelho; Rio Lajes; Nova Bremen; Rio Negrinho Callodirphia arpi female Sao Bento do Sul; Joinville; Rio Vermelho; Rio Lajes; Nova Bremen; Rio Negrinho Males may have orange, yellow or white patches on the hind wings. Cerodirphia Cerodirphia opis male mws: 70-75mm; 850m Sao Bento do Sul; Joinville; Rio Vermelho Cerodirphia opis female fws 89-96mm; 850m Sao Bento do Sul; Joinville; Rio Vermelho Fw apex quite rounded; outer margin convex Am and pm lines convex, traced with white on facing sides Elongate white cell mark variable in size and shape Cerododirphia rubripes male fws: 93-95mm; 30-850m Jaragua do Sul Cerododirphia rubripes f fws: 93-95mm; 30-850m Jaragua do Sul Am/pm lines straight with pml far from outer margin, aml far from body, creating reduced median field White lining on facing sides of am/pm lines. Fw: white striga in cell Cerodirphia occikani male 50-52mm; 850m Sao Bento do Sul Cerodirphia occikani female Sorry, female undescribed Male zikani and occikani both have a dark curved striga in fw cell Sao Bento do Sul Terminal and median areas lighter brown than in the very similar, darker brown zikani. Black striga in fw cell Both species may be sympatric in some areas. Lacks prominent dark discal mark on hindwing Cerod. zikani male 50-52mm; 850m Rio Vermelho Cerod. zikani female mm; 850m Rio Vermelho Almost identical to occikani, but zikani tends to be darker. Cerodirphia vagans male 49-50mm; Cerodirphia vagans female 60-64mm; Sympatric with parvagans in Santa Catarina Vagans tends to be darker, smaller and with a more pointed forewing apex. Cerodirphia parvagans male 51-60mm; Cerodirphia parvagans female 62-65mm; Sao Bento do Sul; Sierra Natal; Rio Vermelho This species has more rounded forewing apices, and has a reddish tinge to ground colour than does vagans. Parvagans also tends to be slightly larger. Dirphia Dirphia araucariae male 72-87mm; Mafra; Sao Bento do Sul; Rio Vermelho Dirphia araucariae female 81-101mm; Mafra; Sao Bento do Sul; Rio Vermelho Very distinctive and unusual white am and pm lines on forewing. Otherwise dark brown with some lighter brown suffusions, and lighte grey-brown terminal area. Dirphia baroma ?? male 65-95mm; 38m Massaranduba Dirphia baroma ?? female 103-110mm; 38m Massaranduba Males without distinct forewing lines, generally lighter than fornax. Small, suboval, very dark cell mark, sometimes with small dark, separate trapezoid on costa just above cell mark. Dirphia fornax male m: 92-112mm; f: 115mm Corupa; Sao Bento do Sul Dirphia fornax female m: 92-112mm; f: 115mm Corupa; Sao Bento do Sul Males lack am or pm lines. Fw: Uniform brown to grey except for honey coloured sbtrmnl area & dark circular cell mark attached by stria to dark costal triangle. Dirphia dolosa male mws: 68-87mm; fws: 92-101mm Sao Bento do Sul; Brusque; Rio Vermelho Dirphia dolosa female mws: 68-87mm; fws: 92-101mm Sao Bento do Sul; Brusque; Rio Vermelho Beige with extensive grey suffusions in all but sbtrmnl area. Lines thin, black. Pml straight with costal in-turn and inner margin out-turn. Prominent black circular cell mark. Dirphia muscosa male m: 77-101mm; f: 97-124mm Rio Vermelho; Nova Teutonia; Rio Negrinho; Joinville; Corupa Dirphia muscosa female m: 77-101mm; f: 97-124mm Rio Vermelho; Nova Teutonia; Rio Negrinho; Joinville; Corupa Fw pml broadly pre-apical; scalloped; s-shaped when complete to inner margin but may be reduced to a trapezoid extending to just below the cell Dirphia dentimaculata?? male 78-80mm; 840m Sao Bento do Sul Dirphia dentimaculata?? female 95mm; 840m Sao Bento do Sul Dirphia triangulum male 83mm; 840m Sao Bento do Sul Dirphia triangulum female 110mm; 840m Sao Bento do Sul Large, dark-brown, subtriangular patch, bounded by thin white line, in median field Basal area, rest of median field to diffuse subterminal band: grey brown; terminal area: lighter grey Dirphia curitiba male mws: 76-95mm; fws: Sao Bento do Sul; Rio Vermelho Dirphia curitiba female mws: 76-95mm; fws: Sao Bento do Sul; Rio Vermelho sorry, no image of female is available Variable size of median area, often dentate along outer edge. Less contrast between basal, median, terminal areas Hw more orangey than triangulum. Dirphiopsis Dirphiopsis ayuruoca male mws: 62-67mm; fws: mm Rio Vermelho Dirphiopsis ayuruoca female mws: 62-67mm; fws: mm Rio Vermelho sorry no image of the female available probably a montane species Oblique upper edge of dark brown basal band is straight, not irregular as in picturata White aml meets inner margin at almost right angle, w/o out turn as in picturata Dirphiopsis picturata male mws: 68mm; 10-700m Joinville Dirphiopsis picturata female mws: 90mm; 10-700m Joinville Lower brown half of basal area has irregular upper edge white aml turns out at inner margin Median field brown with white spotting and irregular what marking in cell area. Dirphiopsis trisignata male 53-67mm; 850m Rio Vemelho, Sao Bento do Sul; Jaragua Dirphiopsis trisignata female 83-94mm; 850m Rio Vemelho, Sao Bento do Sul; Jaragua Aml straight from upper edge of costa to inner margin. Dark part of basal area is rectangular bar; upper part is purplish grey. Median field: dark purplish-brown with white markings Pml straight w out turn at costa Dirphiopsis epiolina male 57-69mm; 300-920m Rio Vermelho; Corupa; Sao Bento do Sul Dirphiopsis epiolina female 71-90mm; 300-920m Rio Vermelho; Corupa; Sao Bento do Sul Ground colour dark grey to dark brown with a white, subtriangular enclosure around cell and generous white lines and spotting on the forewing. Two, wide, diffuse, convex pm bands. Dirphiopsis delta male 50-53mm; 500-950m Rio Vermelho; Nova Teutonia Dirphiopsis delta female 60-72mm; 500-950m Rio Vermelho; Nova Teutonia Broadly pre-apical pml, subparallel to oblique outer margin. Large off-white basal filled with dark grey suffusions; lower 1/3 median field off-white with heavy dark grey suffusions Dirphiopsis undulinea male mws: 54mm; fws: 57-70mm Rio Vermelho mws: 54mm; fws: 57-70mm Rio Vermelho Reduced basal field due to proximity of aml to i.m.; reduced post median field due to proximity of pml to o.m.. "Y" shaft: thin, elongated, connects both lines and lower edge of costa Dirphiopsis multicolor male 54-88-97mm; 800m Corupa; Rio Vermelho; Joinville Dirphiopsis multicolor female 104-108mm; 800m Corupa; Rio Vermelho; Joinville Subterminal, upper medium and most of basal areas grey-white with thick pure white "y" shaft, tipped with brown in median & basal fields, completely brown in pm field. Dirphiopsis wanderbilti male mws: 63-74mm; fws: 94mm Corupa; Rio Vermelho; Sao Bento do Sul; Joinville; Jaragua do Sul Dirphiopsis wanderbilti female mws: 63-74mm; fws: 94mm rendering by Bill Oehlke Corupa; Rio Vermelho; Sao Bento do Sul; Joinville; Jaragua do Sul Broadly pre-apical, straight, thin, dark brown pml, outwardly traced with thick grey-white and then thin dark brown, parallel to outer margin. Upper 3/4 of median field dark brown, lower 1/4 lighter beige-brown Pseudodirphia Pseudodirphia catarinensis male mws: 91-94mm; fws: 125mm Sao Bento do Sul Pseudodirphia catarinensis female mws: 91-94mm; fws: 125mm Sao Bento do Sul Fw: uniform grey-beige with purplish tinge. Lines are purplish-grey with the pm line being noticeably concave. Reddish bands on abdomen.

Add diasi and moderata as unconfirmed possibiities

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