HIDRIPA OF THE WORLD
Hidripa paranensis courtesy of Bernhard Wenczel.
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Updated as per Heppner's Checklist: Part 4B 1996, January 2, 2005 Updated as per Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2002, January 2, 2005 Corrected as per personal communication with Carlos Mielke, April 9, 2007 |
The genus Hidripa belongs to the Hemileucini Tribe of Subfamily Hemileucinae in the Saturniidae Family. Larvae have urticating spines, and members of this genus are found in South America.
Females have woolly white hairs on the sides of the abdomen, and both sexes have eyespot-like discal spots on the hindwings. The postmedial line is usually undulating, and the forewing discal spot is usually "v" shaped, black and edged wtih yellow.
P indicates an image is available. The first country listed is the specimen type locality.
N albipellis Draudt, 1930
Peru
P gschwandneri Draudt, 1930
Bolivia,
Argentina
P paranensis (Bouvier, 1929) southeastern
Brazil, possibly
Peru
weymeri Draudt, 1930, Brazil, is a synonym for paranensis
P perdix (Maassen & Weyding, 1885) southeastern
Brazil
P ruscheweyhi (Berg, 1885)
Argentina,
Bolivia,
Paraguay (UD)
P taglia (Schaus, 1896) southeastern
Brazil,
Argentina,
Paraguay (UD)
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