Tungurahua Province, Ecuador

'Tungurahua' in the native tongue means "throat of fire" and refers to the active volcano Tungurahua near the provincial border with Chimborazo. Banos is located at an elevation of 1800m, while the volcanic peak is above tree line and at one time featured a glacier.

Most of the province, except for the southeastern fifth, has high elevation mountains, and Tungurahua has a cool, wet temperate climate. Even the lower elevation southeastern fifth of the province is still mountainous, and it is probably around Topo that most Saturniidae species can be found.

Oxytenis naemia male, March 21, 2007, Rio Topo, Tungurahua, Ecuador,
courtesy/copyright Horst Kach.

Oxytenidae Oxyt. gigantea HK Arsenurinae Ars. albopicta LTR Ars. armida CL Ars. cymonia CL Ars. rebeli CL Dys. boreas WO/LTR Cop. s. andensis WO Titaea lemoulti LTR

Attacinae R. e. erycina LTR R. lebeau inca LTR R. o. peruviana CL Saturniinae Cop. andensis CL Cop. bachuea LTR? Copaxa medea LTR

Ceratocampinae Bath. eminens LTR Cith. andina LTR E. i. cacicus LTR E. o. violacea LTR E. penelope LTR Syss. bidens CL

Hemileucinae Aut. boops CL Automeris janus LTR Aut. liberia LTR Aut. orestes LTR A. postalbida WO? A. b. proxima WO? A. a. subobscura CL A. abdominalis CL A. grammodes CL Cer. cutteri LTR Dirphia avia LTR Gamelia rindgei LTR Gam. neidhoeferi LTR

Hemileucinae Hylesia mymex LTR Hylesia nanus LTR Hylesia terrosex LTR Hyp.. nausica LTR Leuc. contei LTR Leucanella lynx CL Leuc. newmani LTR Mol. simillima LTR P. galbimaculata LTR P. occidentalis HK P. parvibulbacea LTR Ps. i. armin. WO? Ps. andicola LTR Ps. infuscata HK

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