WORLD'S LARGEST SATURNIIDAE SITE
South American Directory
South American Directory
The website is designed and maintained by Bill Oehlke who can be reached at oehlkew@islandtelecom.com or oehlkew@hotmail.com
The site represents literally tens of thousand of hours of work and is supported by reference books and journals, costing over $2,000.00
I can still remember, as a boy, going through Holland's Moth Book, trying to learn all I could about the local Saturniidae and Sphingidae in rural New Jersey.
This work is intended to serve as a reference for all those who share a similar passion for the Saturniidae. Every effort is made to help members identify the moths they have purchased or collected or photographed, etc, and every effort is made to help those who wish to try rearing either from the egg, caterpillar, cocoon or adult stage.
It is strongly recommended that visitors read the numerous articles written by myself in the Bill's Articles section, and all the articles written by members in the Members' Articles section. These sections as well as the "Mothly Newsletters", Hybird Section, Aberrations and Gynandromorphs Section, etc., are all linked from the Main Direstory at WLSS Root Directory.
Clicking on a country name will take you to an active checklist (i.e., links to species files from that country).
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Colombia |
Guyana |
Trinidad and Tobago |
ARSENURINAE: PRIMITIVE AND VERY LARGE MOTHS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, EARTH PUPATORS
CERATOCAMPINAE: REGAL AND IMPERIAL MOTHS OF THE AMERICAS, EARTH PUPATORS,
HEMILEUCINAE: SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED MOTHS OF AMERICAS, SPINY LARVAE
CERCOPHANIDAE: CHILEAN MOTHS
OXYTENINAE: SMALL MOTHS FROM CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
SATURNIINAE: Tribe Attacini: "Forewing Apex Eyespot", worldwide, cocoons.
Clicking on one of the genera names will take you to a page listing known species within the
genus. Subsequent clicking on a species name will take you to another page with
pictures and information, including natural ranges, larval host plants, flight times and brood
seasons,etc.
