Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador
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Updated from Lemaire's Arsenurinae, 1980, October 13, 2005;
January 12, 2007 Updated as per "An update checklist for the Saturniidae of Ecuador. Part II: .... " in SHILAP Revta. lepid 34 (135), 2006: 197-211 L. & T. Racheli, September 2007 Updated as per ongoing personal communication with Horst Kach, 2006 -- |
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Located in northwestern Ecuador, bordered to the west by the Pacific Ocean, to the north by Colombia, to the east by Carchi and Imbabura Provinces, and to the south by Pichincha and Manabi Provinces, Esmeraldas Province is host to many Saturniidae species.
Titaea tamerlan nobilis male, Durango (Awa Forest Reserve--northeastern Esmeraldas),
Ecuador, courtesy of Horst Kach.
There are probably many Saturniidae species yet to be reported there.
Horst writes, "Thanks for appreciating my work. I really spend much time every day with my passion, and I drive, usually every month, two times out with my lights, driving 800-1000km each month with a ray of hope to get some new moths or eggs. I tell you, sometimes when I come back home after a long night with no sleep and hard long drive, I have a disappointed feeling when I have caught nothing exciting. That`s very hard ...... I call this true passion, always with much new desire and new hope, looking to the next new moon."
Rothschildia erycina nigrescens male, Lita (Esmeraldas Province), Ecuador,
February 2007, courtesy of Horst Kach.
Citheronia bellavista cinerea female, April 2006,
Muchin (western Esmeraldas Province), Ecuador, courtesy of Horst Kach.
Automeris phrynon female, Durango (Esmeraldas), Ecuador,
February 2007, courtesy of Horst Kach.
Leucanella flammans, male, Lita (Esmeraldas Province)
northwestern Ecuador,
800m, February 21, 2007, courtesy of
Horst Kach
Esmeraldas Checklist
The following table indicates the Saturniidae species that I anticipate are in Esmeraldas. Those species followed by (CL) are confirmed by Claude Lemaire. Those species followed by (HK) are not listed by (CL), but they are confirmed by Horst Kach. Species followed by my initials (WO?), are not confirmed, but I anticipate their presence (or feel they might be present) in Esmeraldas Province.
Rhescyntis hippodamia colombiana is confirmed by Carlos Mielke (CM). Those species followed by a questionmark are doubtful.
L. and T. Racheli have recently provided many additions. Their reports are followed by their initials (LTR).
Schausiella carabaya has been collected by Francisco Piņas (FP).
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