ADELONEIVAIA OF THE WORLD

Adeloneivaia isara (Dognin, 1905) courtesy of Chris Conlan.

ADELONEIVAIA Travassos, 1940

Adeloneivaia belong to the Subfamily Ceratocampinae of the Family Saturniidae. Adults are small to medium size, usually yellowish-brownish, and both sexes have quadripectinate antennae. Adults also have prominent discal spots on the forewings and retractable tufts of anal hairs. These hairs are shed upon copulation.

Eggs are a translucent green, and the developing larvae can be seen through the egg shells.

Like all the Ceratocampinae, the larvae are well-endowed with long thoracic "horns" which tend to diminish relative to body size as the larvae progress through successive moults.

Adeloneivaia acuta larva, copyright protected, courtesy of Kirby Wolfe.

Mature larvae descend trees to pupate in subterranean chambers.

These moths fly from southern Arizona through Central America and across northern South America. Ranges may exceed those listed.

P indicates a photograph is available. The first country listed is the type locality.

Listing of Adeloneivaia

P acuta (Schaus, 1896) Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil
P bahiana Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Brazil: Bahia
P bellardi (Schaus, 1927) Venezuela
P boisduvalii (Doumet, 1859) Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, ? Suriname, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
carisma Schaus, 1904, Guyana, is a synonym for boisduvalii
guianensis Bouvier, 1923, French Guiana, is a synonym for boisduvalii
marginata Bouvier, 1923, French Guiana, is a synonym for boisduvalii
P catharina (Bouvier, 1927) Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
P boliviana (Bouvier, 1927) Bolivia; removed from synonymy with acuta, 2011
P catoxantha catoxantha (W. Rothschild, 1907) Brazil, Venezuela, French Guiana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia; ?? Guyana, Suriname
P catoxantha lacrimata (Dognin, 1921) Brazil
P cayennsis Brechlin & Meister, 2011 French Guiana: Cayenne: Kaw Mountain area
P diluta (W. Rothschild, 1907) Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina; same as sabulosa
P fallax (Boisduval, 1872) Brazil, Paraguay UD, Argentina RF, ? Bolivia, ? Peru
N erici Brechlin & Meister, 2011 French Guiana: Kaw
P irrorata (Schaus, 1900) Mexico, Belize, Guatemala
P isara (Dognin, 1905) El Salvador, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Arizona; ? Honduras
pacifica, Schaus, 1911, Costa Rica, is a synonym for isara
packardi, Bouvier, 1927, is a synonym for isara
P jamazonica Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Peru: Amazonas; San Martin; Cusco; probably Junin
P jason jason (Boisduval, 1872) Mexico, Belize, Guatemala; montezuma Packard, 1905, Mexico, is a synonym for jason jason
albipuncta Travassos & May, 1943, is a synonym for jason jason
P jason nigripunctata Lemaire, 1982 Ecuador; now (2011 B&M) full species status as Adeloneivaia nigropunctata; (Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador; R. Brechlin December 23, 2012)
P jaustralica Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Bolivia: La Paz; Santa Cruz; Peru: Amazonas; Madre de Dios; Junin; Ecuador: Pastaza; Napo
P kawiana Brechlin & Meister, 2011 French Guiana: Kaw; Suriname: Brokopondo District
N leopoldiana Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Brazil: Espirito Santo: Leopoldina
P minuta (Bouvier, 1927) Brazil: Pernambuco, Alagoas, Paraiba
P misionesa Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Argentina: Misiones: Dos de Mayo
P muelleri Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Paraguay: Amambay; Guara
P nigripunctata Lemaire, 1982 Ecuador
P orientoandensis Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Peru: Amazonas; Madre de Dios; Ecuador: Napo: Pununo
P orientoboliviana Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Bolivia: Chuquisaca
N pallida Lemaire, 1982 Peru; French Guiana
P <paracatharina Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Brazil: Minas Gerais; possibly Bolivia: La Paz.
P pelias (W. Rothschild, 1907) Bolivia, Peru, e. Ecuador, French Guiana, Brazil
P sabulosa sabulosa (W. Rothschild, 1907) Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay UD, Brazil
diluta W. Rothschild, 1907, Argentina, is a synonym for sabulosa sabulosa
N sabulosa brasiliensis (Bouvier, 1927) Brazil
P schubarti Rego-Barros & Mielke, 1970 Brazil
P subangulata subangulata (Herrich-Schaeffer, [1855]) Brazil, El Salvador (RC), Honduras (RC), Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, Venezuela, French Guiana; probably Guyana and Suriname
N subangulata pallida Lemaire, 1982 Peru; French Guiana; now (2011 B&M) full species status as Adeloneivaia pallida
P wellingi Lemaire, 1982 Mexico, Belize, Guatemala

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