PSEUDODIRPHIA OF THE WORLD

The Jim vargo image above is very similar to P. eumedidoides and it may be that species. However, I think it could be something undescribed due to slightly less oblique pm line. I think the image below, remarkably from same area with same date, is true Pseudodirphia eumedidoides. Note differences in angulation of pm and pm lines, size, and black rings on abdomen.

Pseudodirphia dioscola, male, 82mm, Amazonia Lodge, Madre de Dios, Peru,
May 16, 2012, 485m, courtesy of Jim Vargo.

Recent 2008 and 2011 additions by Brechlin and Meister have caused me to rethink the specimens above, with updates directly below the images.

PSEUDODIRPHIA BOUVIER, 1928

The genus Pseudodirphia 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 and Central America.

Pseudodirphia eumedidoides larva, courtesy of Viktor Suter via Bernhard Wenczel.

Moths fly even on bright, moonlit nights, but activity seems confined on all nights to 1.5 to 2 hours sometime between 9:00pm and midnight.

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

Listing of Pseudodirphia

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agis Species Subgroup

P agandensis Brechlin, Meister & Käch, 2011 Ecuador, Sucumbíos Province, Lumbaqui, 650 m., 16.X.2007.; Peru
N agidiosiana Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Peru, Madre de Dios, Manu Park, Camicana Chico, 1000-1200 m., X.1999
P agis agis (Cramer, 1775) Suriname, French Guiana, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Venezuela
var. agis aphlebia Bouvier, 1935, Bolivia, Peru, is same as agis agis
P agis inflexa Bouvier, 1930, Brazil
P agiyungana Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Bolivia, N Yungas, Dept. La Paz, road Caranavi-Coroico, ca. 100 km NE La Paz, 1000-1800 m., IX-X.2008
P angulata Bouvier, 1929, Colombia; resurrected from synonymity with agis
N catarinensis (Lemaire, 1975), Brazil
N purpurata Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Bolivia, N Yungas, Department La Paz, road Caranavi-Coroico, ca. 100 km. NE La Paz, 1800 m., II-III.2010.
N sinuosa Lemaire, n.s., Colombia

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mexicana Species Subgroup

N mexaustralica Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Mexico, Chiapas, Santo Domingo, 550 m., V.2009.
P mexicana (Bouvier, 1924), Mexico, Veracruz

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regia Species Subgroup

P ducalis Lemaire, n.s., western Ecuador and Columbia
P imperialis (Draudt, 1930), Colombia
P lacsa Lemaire, 1996 Costa Rica, Panama
N lesieuri Lemaire, n. s., eastern Venezuela
P regia (Draudt, 1930), Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, Ecuador; maybe Nicaragua
P regia madriziana Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Nicaragua
P reguayana Brechlin & Meister, 2011 French Guiana, Cayenne Province, Kaw mountain area, 290 m., 21 km. NW of Kaw village, XII.2001
P weberorum Brechlin, Meister & Käch, 2011 Ecuador, Pichincha Province, La Union del Toachi., 5.IX.2003, leg. Hubert Mayer.

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andicola Species Group

N alticola Lemaire, n.s., eastern Ecuador
P andicola Bouvier, 1930, not "Costa Rica", Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
N andicoloides Brechlin, Meister & Käch, 2011 Ecuador, Sucumbios Province, Lumbaqui, 650 m., 16.X.2007
N benicola Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Bolivia, Beni Dept., near Rurrenabaque, 300 m., III-IV.2009.
P cupripuncta Lemaire, 1982, Colombia
P dioscola Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Peru, Madre de Dios, Salvacion, 590 m. XI.1998
P herbuloti (Lemaire, 1975), Ecuador
P infuscata (Bouvier, 1924), Colombia, Ecuador
N napola Brechlin, Meister & Käch, 2011 Ecuador, Province Napo, Rio Hollin, 1450 m. 1.V.2008.
P parfuscata Brechlin, Meister & Käch, 2011 Ecuador, Napo Province, Rio Hollin, 1400 m. 01.V.2008.
P pascola Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Peru, Pasco Dept., 9 km. SW Oxapampa, 2130 m., 7.II.2011. leg. V. Sinjaev
N sanctimartinenesis Lemaire, n.s., northern Peru
N zamorcola Brechlin, Meister & Käch, 2011 Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, 5 km. NW Zamora to La Chorrera, 1270 m., 03.III.2011.

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biremis Species Group

P birejunensis Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Peru, Junin Dept., near Calabaza village, 2140 m., 1-2.II.2011.
P biremis (Draudt, 1930), not "Brazil", Columbia, Ecuador, Peru
N birepascoensis Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Peru, Pasco Dept., env. Oxapampa, La Suiza, 2180 m., 5-13.VI.2002. leg. Bernhard Wenczel.

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eumedide Species Group

P andides Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Peru, Cusco dept., 7 km. NE of Mandor, 890 m., 1-6.XII.2010. leg. V. & S. Sinjaev(a).
P beckei Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Venezuela, Bolívar, Las Trincheras, Río Caura, 80 m., 28.VII.1998. leg. B. Wenczel.
N convexa Bouvier, 1929 Colombia; removed from synonymity with eumedide
N ecoccidides Brechlin, Meister & Käch, 2011 Ecuador, Pichincha Prov., Tinalandia, ca. 700 m., road Quito-Santo Domingo de los Colorados. 20.VII.1988. leg. D. Herbin
P ecoridides Brechlin, Meister & Käch, 2011 Ecuador, Pastaza Prov., Santa Clara, 1000 m., II.2008. leg. Viktor & Svetlana Sinjaev(a).
P eumedide (Stoll, 1782), Suriname, Colombia, French Guiana, Venezuela, Trinidad and ? Guyana
peruviana var. concavaBouvier, 1929, Colombia, is a synonym for eumedide
convexa Bouvier, 1929, Colombia, is a synonym for eumedide; resurrected to full species status
P eumedidoides (Vuillot, 1892), Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and Colombia
Ormiscodes gregata Bouvier, 1924, Venezuela, is a synonym for eumedidoides
Ormiscodes albosignatus Bouvier, 1924, Venezuela, is a synonym for eumedidoides
P eupanamensis Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Panama, Panama Prov., road Panama-Yavisa, km. 142. 75 m., VII.2003. leg. T. Decaens & G. Lecourt.
P lampei Brechlin, Meister & van Schayck, 2011 Paraguay, Concepción, San Carlos, Río Ata., female 13.X.1999.
P pascodides Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Peru, Pasco dept., SE of Oxapampa, nr. Villa Rica, 700 m., IX.2005. leg. B. Wenczel.
P peruviana (Bouvier, 1924), Peru, Ecuador, possibly Colombia
obtusa Bouvier, 1935, Peru, Ecuador, is same as peruviana
N punodides Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Peru, Puno dept., San Gaban, 700 m. XII.2003. leg. J. Boettger & J. Sandoval.
P septentrides Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Ecuador, Sucumbíos Province, Lumbaqui, 650 m., 16.X.2007. leg. H. Käch.
P singeri Meister & Brechlin, 2008, Argentina
P svetlanae Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Bolivia, La Paz Province, Santa Rosa, 1550 m., 8-9.I.2010. leg. Viktor & Svetlana Sinjaev(a).
P thiaucourti Lemaire, 1982, Ecuador, Peru

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niceros Species Group

P marxi Brechlin & Meister, 2008, Peru, Amazonas, Pomacochas, 2850-3200 m.
N nicamazonica Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Peru, Amazonas, Aguas Verde, 1500 m., IX.2001.
P niceros (Dognin, 1911), Peru
P nicjunensis Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Peru, Junin Dept., near Calabaza village, 17.XII.2010. leg. V. Sinjaev & S. Sinjaeva
N theodorici Lemaire, 1982, Peru, Huanuco, road Lima-Pucallpa, Carpish Pass, 2700 m.,17-21.XII.1979
N undulata Lemaire, n.s., Peru

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varia Species Group

N draudti Bouvier, 1935 Peru; stat. rev. by Brechlin & Meister, 2011; had been synonymized with varia
N draudtioides Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Peru, Dept. Cusco, Vallé de Quillabamba, 1600 m., VI-VII.2006.
P frickei Meister & Brechlin, 2008, Argentina
P knorkei Frank Meister & Pierre Schmit 2004, Argentina
P varia (Walker, 1855), Bolivia, Peru
draudti Bouvier, 1935, Peru, is same as varia; resurrected to full species status

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unknown Species Group

N bolivaria Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Venezuela, Bolivar, Las Trincheras, Rio Caura, 80 m., 01.VIII.1998. leg. Bernhard Wenczel.
N obbeniana Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Bolivia, Beni Dept., near Rurrenabaque, 300 m., 14º40'S, 67º15'W. III-IV.2009. leg. R. Brechlin.
N obecuatoriana Brechlin, Meister & Käch, 2011 Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, 5 km. NW Zamora to La Chorrera, 1270 m., 03.III.2011. leg. Horst Käch & Ron Brechlin.
P obguayana Brechlin & Meister, 2011 French Guiana, Cayenne Province, Kaw mountain area, 290 m., 21 km. NW of Kaw village, XII.2001; Peru.
N obhuanucensis Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Peru, Huánuco Dept., near Progresso, Cayumba, 8º27.3'S, 76º19.3'W, 500 m. 22-23.II.2011. leg. V. Sinjaev.
P obliqua (Bouvier, 1924), Peru: Puno, Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela, French Guiana; ? Suriname, ? Guyana
P obmartiana Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Peru, Dept. San Martin, Rioja, 900 m. XI-XII.2007. leg. R. Brechlin.
N uniseptentrionalis Brechlin, Meister & Käch, 2011 Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, 5 km. NW Zamora to La Chorrera, 1270 m., 03.III.2011. leg. H. Käch _ R. Brechlin.
P weritzii Brechlin & Meister, 2008, Peru, Dep. Cajamarca, Cutervo, 2100 m. II.2007.

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Possibly?? unassigned/removed???

N alba (Druce, 1911), Ecuador, Brazil
N albosignata (Bouvier, 1924), Venezuela
N boliviana Lampe REJ 2004 eastern Colombia
N choroniensis (Lemaire, 1975), Venezuela
N conjuncta Lemaire, n.s., Colombia
N guyanensis (Lemaire, 1975), French Guiana
N medinensis (Draudt, 1930), Colombia
P menander (Druce, 1886), Panama, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador
Ormiscodes reducta (Hering, 1925), Colombia, is same as menander
P pallida (Walker, 1855), Colombia
Ormiscodes aurora Vuillot, 1892, Colombia, is a synonym for pallida
apollinairei Bouvier, 1929, Colombia, is a synonym for pallida
P uniformis (Lemaire, 1975), Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador

Pseudodirphia species???, female, 83mm, Manaus, Brazil,
Cornell Universtiy Collection, courtesy of Ryan Saint Laurent.

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Undetermined Pseudodirphia