CATACANTHA OF THE WORLD
Updated as per Heppner's Checklist: Part 4B 1996, January 1, 2005
Updated as per Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2002, January 1, 2005
Updated as per Global Mirror System of DNA Barcoding Analysis (locations and dates of BOLD submissions), December, 2011
Updated as per Witt Museum on-line publication; September 4, 2012
Updated as per Entomo-satsphingia Jahrgang 3 Heft 5 18.11.2010; April 8, 2013
Updated as per Entomo-satsphingia Jahrgang 5 Heft 1 11.04.2012; April 8, 2013
Updated as per Entomo-Satsphingia Jahrgang 5 Heft 1 11.04.2013; November 13, 2013

CATACANTHA OF THE WORLD

CATACANTHA Bouvier, 1930

Ancistrota nataliae (male), Venezuela, courtesy of Eric van Schayck;
id by Bill Oehlke.

The genus Catacantha belongs to the Subfamily Hemileucinae in the Saturniidae Family. Larvae have urticating spines.

P indicates an image is available. The first country listed is the specimen type locality.

In 2010, Brechlin, Meister & van Schayck described six new species in the Catacantha genus. In 2012, Brechlin & Meister described an additional new Catacantha species, but synonymize four of the "new species" described only two years earlier.

As of 2012, Catacantha evitae, Catacantha sofiae, Catacantha juliae are all designated as subjective junior synonyms of Catacantha siriae.

Listing of Catacantha

N bahiginea Brechlin & Meister, 2012 Brazil: Bahia
P ferruginea (Draudt, 1929) Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Parana, Santa Catarina; ?? northeastern Argentina: Misiones
N jujuyensis Brechlin & Meister, 2013 Argentina: Jujuy
P latifasciata Bouvier, 1930 Brazil: Mato Grosso do Sul, Goias, Minas Gerais, Parana
P nataliae Brechlin & Meister & van Schayck 2010 Venezuela: Barinas
N obliqua Bouvier, 1930 Brazil: Minas Gerais
P oculata (Schaus, 1921) Brazil: Minas Gerais
P siriae Brechlin & Meister & van Schayck 2010 Peru: Pasco
juliae Brechlin & Meister & van Schayck 2010 Peru: Junin: Calabaza, 2012, junior subjective synonym of siriae
evitae Brechlin & Meister & van Schayck 2010 Peru, 2012, junior subjective synonym of siriae
sofiae Brechlin & Meister & van Schayck 2010 Peru: Pasco, 2012, junior subjective synonym of siriae
P stramentalis (Draudt, 1929) Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia
N tabeae Brechlin & Meister & van Schayck 2010 Brazil: Espirito Santo

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