GIACOMELLIA OF THE WORLD

Giacomellia belong to the Subfamily Ceratocampinae of the Family Saturniidae.

Eggs are translucent 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.

Mature larvae descend trees to pupate in subterranean chambers.

Adult moths are characterized by white ground colour, a dark forewing costa and a second dark bar, parallel to the costa. With inversa the forewing colour is dark with a white bar parallel to the costa. The females have simple antennae.

These moths fly in South America.

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

Listing of Giacomellia

P bilineata (Burmeister, 1878) Argentina, Bolivia
floresi, Giacomelli, 1915, Argentina, is a synonym for bilineata
formosa, Dognin, 1916, Argentina, is a synonym for bilineata
N inversa (Giacomelli, 1911) Argentina; Brechlin and Meister, 2011, indicate this is a melanic form of G. bilineata
f. inverso-atomosa, Giacomelli, 1911, Argentina, is a synonym for inversa
P drechseli Lampe, 1995 Paraguay
P escobari Lampe, 1995 Paraguay
P vanschaycki Brechlin and Meister, 2011 Bolivia: Santa Cruz; Chuquisaca

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