ERYTHROMERIS OF THE WORLD
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Updated as per Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2002, July 8, 2006 |
ERYTHROMERIS OF THE WORLD
Erythromeris saturniata male, Sogamoso, Boyaca, Colombia,
found on an Ericacea in a Paramo near
Sogamoso (3200m of elevevation) and reared in captivity on Pieris sp,
courtesy of Thibaud Decaens.
Erythromeris saturnata on heather (Ericacae), Sogamoso, Boyaca, Colombia,
courtesy of Andrea Cuellar Criollo, via Thibaud Decaens.
ERYTHROMERIS Lemaire, 1969
The genus Erythromeris belongs to the Hemileucini tribe of
the Subfamily Hemileucinae in the Saturniidae
Family. Larvae have urticating spines.
P indicates an image is available. The first country listed is the specimen type locality.
Listing of Erythromeris
N kaechi Brechline, 2016
Ecuador: Carchi
N winbrechlini Brechline, 2016
Ecuador: Loja; Morona Santiago; Azuay
N chrisbrechlinae Brechline, 2016
Colombia: Cundinamarca; Tolima
P flexilineata (Dognin, 1911) eastern
Colombia, eastern
Ecuador; probably limited to Colombia, Brechlin 2016
P obscurior Lemaire, 1975 eastern
Ecuador
P saturniata (Walker, 1865)
Colombia
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