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Updated as per Entomo-Satsphingia Jahrgang 4 Heft 5 29.12.2011; March 25, 2013 Updated as per personal communication with Jean-Marc Gayman (Los Cedros, Imbabura, Ecuador, November, 2013, 1600m); December 19, 2013 |
Dirphia avichoco female, Los Cedros, Imbabura, Ecuador,
November 2013, 1600m, courtesy of Jean Marc Gayman.
tentative id and extensive outer margin repair by Bill Oehlke.
TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 |
"What.A.Wonderful.World" |
Based on Entomo-Satsphingia Jahrgang 4 Heft 5 29.12.2011, the Dirphia avia Group (darker median sub-triangular shape, running from costa toward inner margin without striga) consists of the following species:
allae Brechlin & Meister 2011, Peru: Ayacucho; Apurimac; Cusco; Puno; Madre de Dios; Ucayali;
Junin; Pasco;
avia French Guiana; Venezuela; probably Guyana and Suriname; most of Central America
avibarinasensis Brechlin & Meister 2011, Venezuela: Barinas
avichoco Brechlin & Meister 2011, Colombia: Choco
aviluisiana Brechlin & Meister 2011, Colombia: Antioquia; Cundinamarca?;
aviurica Brechlin & Meister 2011, Peru: Piura;
Tumbes
avinapoana Brechlin, Meister & Kaech 2011,
Ecuador: Napo; Zamora Chinchipe;
Peru: Amazonas; San Martin
aviboliviana Brechlin & Meister 2011, Bolivia: La Paz; Chuquisaca;
Beni; Tarija; Santa Cruz; Cochabamba;
avialtoparanensis Brechlin & Meister 2011, Paraguay: Alto Parana; Paraguari
cadioui Lemaire, 1980,
Argentina; Bolivia
curitiba Draudt, 1930 Brazil
dentimaculata Schaus, 1921
Brazil; possibly
Paraguay
muscosa Schaus, 1898 southeastern
Brazil;
northeastern Argentina
Ormiscodes hortensia Schaus, 1913, Brazil, is same as muscosa
f. sinuosa Bouvier, 1929, Brazil, is same as muscosa
f. colorata Bouvier, 1930, Brazil, is same as muscosa
nora (Druce, 1897) Panama: Chiriqui
triangulum Walker, 1855 southeastern Brazil: Santa Catarina; Rio de Janeiro; probably Sao Paulo; Minas Gerais; Parana.
Larvae feed upon West Indian Locust (Hymenaea courbaril) and West Indian Cedar (Cedrela odorata).
In the image to the right, female curls her abdomen to deposit eggs.
Typical of the Subfamily Hemileucinae, Dirphia species all have urticating spines.
Cedrela odorata |
West Indian Cedar |
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