Sucumbios, Ecuador
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Sucumbios Province, Ecuador
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Updated from Lemaire's Arsenurinae, 1980, Ceratocampinae, Attacinae and
Hemileucinae, October 13, 2005;
2007 Updated as per "An update checklist for the Saturniidae of Ecuador. Part II: .... " in SHILAP Revta. lepid 34 (135), 2006: 197-211 L. & T. Racheli, September 2007 Updated as per ongoing communication with Horst Kach, 2007-- |
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Sucumbios has a humid tropical climate. There are two differentiated zones: to the west is the Third Mountain range (eastern slopes of the Andes), where the Reventador volcano predominates; to the east is the amazonian plain, consisting of virgin forest.
Eventually I hope to develop a checklist for Sucumbios, and I will flesh out the map with more locations as sighting data arrives.
There is an oil field in Sucumbios so more reporting will probably occur in the near future. Horst Kach sends pictures and information, mostly from western parts of the province.
Those species followed by CL are confirmed by Claude Lemaire; those followed by LTR are confirmed by Luigi Racheli. Many species are confirmed by both of those gentlemen; I have only recorded the intitials for the one whose documentation I was perusing at the time of creating this list.
Species followed by my initials (WO), are not confirmed, but I anticipate their presence (or feel they might be present) in Sucumbios Province.
There are probably more species present than are recorded in the table below.
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