DIRPHIOPSIS OF THE WORLD
Updated as per Heppner's Checklist: Part 4B 1996, December 16, 2005
Updated as per Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2002, October 3, 2006
Updated as per Entomo-Satsphingia Jahrgang 4 Heft 5 29.12.2011; May 18, 2013
This page has been updated August 24, 2015, based on reference material for Argentina, sent to me by Ezequiel Bustos, as cited in a recent publication: NÚÑEZ: Catálogo preliminar de Saturniidae de Argentina TROP. LEPID. RES., 25(1): 22-33, 2015 31.

DIRPHIOPSIS OF THE WORLD

Dirphiopsis flora female courtesy of Dan Janzen.

DIRPHIOPSIS BOUVIER, 1928

Dirphiopsis belongs to the Subfamily Hemileucinae in the Saturniidae Family. Larvae have urticating spines.

Dirphiopsis wolfei larva copyright Kirby Wolfe

Dirphiopsis male, 58mm, San Pedro, Cusco, Peru,
May 22, 2012, 1370m, courtesy of Jim Vargo,
close to Dirphiopsis oridocea, but I (WO) think a different species.

P indicates an image is available. The first country listed is the specimen type locality.

Listing of Dirphiopsis

N amamartiniana Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Peru: San Martin; Amazonas
P < rotenbergi Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Venezuela: Merida; Barinas; Peru; Bolivia; like flora
N cuscoensis Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Peru: Cusco
P orientalis Lemaire, 1976 Ecuador: Napo

P ayuruoca (Foetterle, 1901) Brazil
Dirphia tripicata F. Johnson, 1937, Brazil, is a synonym for ayuruoca
P brockmanni C. Mielke, S. Naumann and U. Brosch, 2008, Brazil
P cochabambensis (Lemaire, 1977) Bolivia
P curvilineata Thibaud Decaëns, Kirby Wolfe & Daniel Herbin (2003) Bolivia
P delta (Foetterle, 1901) Brazil
Dirphia aphrodite Schaus, 1915, Brazil, is same as delta
P epiolina (R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
Dirphia spumosa Vuillot, 1893, ??Ecuador??, is a synonym for epiolina
P flora (Schaus, 1911) Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, PanamaPanama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
Dirphia orientalis Lemaire, 1976, Ecuador, is a synonym for flora
P herbini Wolfe, 2003 Bolivia
P janzeni Lemaire, 2002 Bolivia
P lombardi Bouvier, 1924, Brazil
P multicolor (Walker, 1855) Brazil
Ormiscodes ramigera R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874, Brazil, is same as multicolor
Dirphia brasiliensis Bouvier, 1924, Brazil, is same as multicolor
P < oridocea (Schaus, 1924) Peru
N peggy Brechlin, 2016 Brazil: Ceara: Pacoti: Satana
P picturata (Schaus, 1913) Brazil
P pulchricornis (Walker, 1855) Venezuela
Ormiscodes pomona R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874, Brazil, is same as pulchricornis
P schreiteri (Schaus, 1925) Argentina
P trisignata (R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) French Guiana, Peru, Brazil
Ormiscodes irregularis Foetterle, 1902, Brazil, is same as trisignata
Dirphia pulchra Bouvier, 1930, Paraguay, is a synonym for trisignata
N undulinea (F. Johnson, 1937) Brazil
N unicarpishiana Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Peru: Huanuco: Carpish
P unicolor Lemaire, 1982 Ecuador
P unipascoensis Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Peru: Pasco
P wanderbilti Pearson, 1958 Brazil
P wolfei Lemaire, 1992 Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras

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