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Updated as per Heppner's Checklist: Part 4B 1996, December 12, 2005 Updated as per Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2002, December 12, 2005 Updated as per personal communication with Frederic Beneluz (honourific name choice), April 30, 2011 Updated as per personal communication with Frederic Beneluz (image of female), May 16, 2011 |
Hylesia frederici male, French Guiana, courtesy of Eric van Schayck.
TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 |
At the time of Lemaire' publication of Hemileucinae, 2002, there were five species/subspecies included in the SUBGROUP of Hylesia praeda:
H. frederici HT Roura, Kaw, French Guiana and H. vassali HT Piste de Nancibo, French Guiana, formerly in a group of their own, are now in the
Hylesia praeda subgroup.
Hylesia rufex LT Brazil: Minas Gerais; Rio de Janeiro; Santa Catarina; and Paraguay: Itapua and Guaira. has also been added to the subgroup.
Hylesia rufipes LT; Limon, Costa Rica; Nicaragua;
Hylesia praeda HT: near Loja, Ecuador; Panama; French Guiana; Guyana; Venezuela; Colombia; Peru and Brazil;
Hylesia praeda nigra HT: La Paz, Bolivia;
Hylesia index LT: Carabaya, Puno, Peru; Venezuela; eastern Ecuador: Madre de Dios; eastern Peru; Bolivia: Cochabamba; La Paz (ESs);
Hylesia haxairei HT: Bolivar, Venezuela; French Guiana; Brazil: Para.
As of 2016, Brechlin and Meister have expanded the group to 15 species. H. praeda nigra has been elevated to full species status as
Hylesia nigra HT La Paz; Bolivia. Hylesia rubriprocta, HT eastern Colombia: Meta; probably Antioquia and Santander; formerly synonymized with praeda,
is given full species status.
Six new species have been added to the group based on DNA barcoding analysis:
H. praednapoana HT: Ecuador: Napo: Rio Hollin;
H. praedpichinchensis HT: Ecuador: Pichincha: Los Bancos;
H. praedjunensis HT Peru: Junin: San Ramon;
H. praedperuana HT Peru: Huanuco: Panguana; Cusco: Mandor and Asunsion; Madre de Dios: Puerto Maldonado and Malinosque and Salvasion;
H. praedguiana HT French Guiana: Cayenne: Kaw Mountain area;
H. inducayalex HT Peru: Ucayali; Puerto Bermudes.
Visit Hylesia praeda Group: Comparison Table.
Larval hosts are unknown.
This species probably broods continuously on a three month cycle.
Hylesia frederici female, French, Guiana,
courtesy of Frederic Beneluz.
Hylesia frederici/umbrata/cottica/subcottica/tapareba ?? female, Amazone Nature Lodge, Kaw Rd6, French Guiana,
64mm, September 2018, courtesy of Roy Morris, very tentative id by Bill Oehlke.
Hylesia frederici larvae are highly gregarious and have the urticating spines typical of larvae from the Subfamily Hemileucinae.
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The species name is honourific for Frederic Beneluz.