GAMELIOIDES OF THE WORLD
Updated as per Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2002, November 6, 2005, additions from Bernhard Wenczel
Updated as per Witt Museum Type Specimens, January 2012
Updated as per Entomo-Satsphingia Jahrgang 3 Heft 03 28.06.2010 (Gamelioides kattyae); September 16, 2014
Updated as per Entomo-Satsphingia Jahrgang 3 Heft 04 12.08.2010 (Gamelioides meisteri); September 16, 2014
Updated as per Entomo-Satsphingia Jahrgang 4 Heft 02 29.06.2011 (Gamelioides annelisae, ifei, sachai); September 16, 2014
Updated as per Entomo-Satsphingia Jahrgang 9 Heft 02 27.05.2016 (Gamelioides chrisbrechlinae, winbrechlini, sinjaevi, pinzonica, cajas, inti, kaechi); April 13, 2017

GAMELIOIDES OF THE WORLD

GAMELIOIDES Lemaire, 1988

Gamelioides denisae male, courtesy of Bernhard Wenczel.

The genus Gamelioides belongs to the Hemileucini Tribe of Subfamily Hemileucinae in the Saturniidae Family. Larvae have urticating spines, and members of this genus are found in Ecuador and Peru and possibly in Colombia.

The iris of the hindwing eyespot is orange or red.

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

New for 2016

Elainae Group

N chrisbrechlinae Brechlin, 2016 Colombia: Tolima; Quindio
N winbrechlini Brechlin, 2016 Colombia: Cundinamarca

Anneliesae Group

N sinjaevi Brechlin, Kaech & Meister, 2016 Colombia: Tolima
N pinzonica Brechlin, Kaech & Meister, 2016 Colombia: Boyaca

Seitzi Group

N cajas Brechlin, Kaech & Meister, 2016 Ecuador: Azuay
N inti Brechlin, Kaech & Meister, 2016 Ecuador: Morona Santiago
N kaechi Brechlin, Kaech & Meister, 2016 Ecuador: Sucumbios

Listing of Gamelioides

P anneliesae Brechlin & Käch & Meister 2011 Ecuador: Napo
P denisae Naumann, Brosch, & Wenczel, 2005 Peru: Cusco
P elainae (Lemaire, 1967) eastern Ecuador: Napo; Colombia
P ifei Brechlin & Käch & Meister 2011 Ecuador: Azuay
P kattyae Brechlin & Kaech & Meister 2010 Ecuador: Pichincha; Colombia: western slopes of Cundinamarca ??
N meisteri Brechlin & Meister 2010 Peru: Piura
N sachai Brechlin & Käch & Meister 2011 Ecuador: Morona Santiago
N seitzi (Draudt, 1929) Peru; possibly this is an Hylesia species.

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