SCOLESA OF THE WORLD

SCOLESA MICHENER, 1949

Scolesa viettei moth courtesy of Bernhard Wenczel.

Scolesa 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.

These moths fly in South America.

Yellow Abdomens, Non-red Hindwings

Scolesa hypoxantha Argentina; Paraguay

Scolesa nebulosa 51mm Pernambuco; Minais Gerais; Mato Grosso, Brazil

Scolesa ?? Note squarish appearance of hindwing apex Guarani, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Grey Abdomens, Red Hindwings

Scolesa jauffreti 50-62mm; 900-2000m strong contrast between grey basal, brown median, grey postmedian areas heavy suffusion/speckling of dark grey scales black pm line angles down before mp of inner margin Mantiqueira mountains in Sao Paulo; Rio de Janeiro; Minas Gerais, Brazil

Scolesa totoma 53mm; 450-1500m on average smaller than jauffreti, flying further south and at lower elevations limited contrast between basal and median areas light brown pm line straight to near mp of inner margin no black speckling Parana; Urubici and Sao Bento do Sul, Santa Catarina; Morro Reuter, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Scolesa totoma; Brazil: Santa Catarina??; or Paraguay: Alto Paraguay?? pml: convex toward anal angle angled downward toward inner margin as in jaufretti entire hw light red

Brown to Orangey-brown Abdomens, Solid Red Hindwings

Scolesa vinacea 58-63mm; 1650-2000m southeastern Peru: Cuzco; Puno

Scolesa leucantha M: 56-74mm; F: 67-80mm; 850-1400m Rio de Janeiro; Sao Paulo, Brazil

Scolesa viettei M: 56-74mm; F: 67-80mm; 920-1700m Espirito Santo; Rio de Janeiro; Parana; Minas Gerais; Sao Paulo; Santa Catarina; Rio do Sul; Rio Grande do Sul

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

Listing of Scolesa

P hypoxantha (W. Rothschild, 1907) Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay
flavidorsata, Dognin, 1908, Argentina, is a synonym for hypoxantha
N jauffreti C. G. C. Mielke, Rougerie & Decaëns, 2012 NF 33 (2/3): 82., southeastern Brazil
P leucantha (Boisduval, 1872) southeastern Brazil
argyracantha, Boisduval, 1872, Brazil, is a synonym for leucantha
mucida, Bouvier, 1927, ?, is a synonym for leucantha
P nebulosa Lemaire, 1971 south and central Brazil
P totoma (Schaus, 1900) southeastern Brazil
paranensis, Bouvier, 1923, Brazil, is a synonym for totoma
P viettei Travassos, 1959 southeastern Brazil
N vinacea (W. Rothschild, 1907) Peru

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