EUBERGIA OF THE WORLD

The genus Eubergia 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.

Listing of Eubergia

P argyrea (Weymer, 1908) Brazil
P altoparanensis Brechlin & Meister 2011 Paraguay: Alto Parana: Estancia Dimas, -35.5356, -55.2178, collected by U. Drechsel, 2005-01-08.
?? N boetifica (Druce, 1899) Paraguay ??
P caisa (Berg, 1883) Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia
Ormiscodes boetifica (Druce, 1899), Paraguay, is a synonym for caisa
Heliconisa Bedoci Bouvier, 1925, Brazil, is a synonym for caisa
baetifica f. rufa Bouvier, 1930, Brazil, is a synonym for caisa
N chuquisaciana Brechlin & Meister 2011 Bolivia
P radians (Dognin, 1911) Argentina, Bolivia
N santacruziana Brechlin & Meister 2011 Bolivia, Brazil
P sinjaevorum Brechlin & Meister 2011 Bolivia

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Of the eight species listed above, only E. argyrea has the prominent red pupil in the hindwing eyespot. It is also more isolated, with a presence so far documented only in northeastern-northcentral Brazil: Ceara; Pernambuco; Sergipe; Bahia.

Lemaire, 2002, synonymized boetifica and boetifica form rufa with Eubergia caisa, and I had previously "reinstated" boetifica in the above list, based on a specimen provided from Boqueron, Paraguay, that was definitely not caisa. I know feel the Boqueron moth is a female Eubergia sinjaevorum and have posted it to that file. In Entomo-Satsphingia, Brechlin and Meister indicate that the Holotype of E. boetifica form rufa from Mato Grosso, Brazil, in D'Abrera 1995: 159, is an example of Eubergia santacruziana. Thus I have listed the boetifica link entirely in red to indicate it may not be a valid species.

Paraguay is apparently host to two or three species:

E. altoparanensis (wingspan: males: 41-45mm; females: unknown) is considerably larger than E. caisa (wingspan: males: 32-42mm; females: 44-48mm), and E. altoparanensis has a hindwing that is almost entirely brilliant white except for the prominent dark cell spot and charcoal grey bars, reduced in both thickness and length on both sides of the reddish veins in the submarginal area. The forewing also shows more white than in other species with a broad, slightly concave pm lines, and more white between the charcoal grey surronding the red wing veins. The forewing outer margin is slightly convex, and the apex is more triangular than in E. caisa where the apex is more rounded.
E. caisa (wingspan: males: 32-42mm; females: 44-48mm) males are generally small, and the hindwings are white but not so brilliant as in altoparanensis. E. caisa males have grey suffusions into the median area above the dark, prominent hindwing cell, and the darker charcoal bars paralleling the reddish wing veins are more elongate in E. caisa. The forewing pm lne is very straight wiht a slight inturn at its juncture with the inner margin. Females have extensive grey in the hindwing basal median areas. The forewing outer margin in both sexes is convex.