GAMELIA OF THE WORLD

Gamelia abasia
(Stoll, 1781)

GAMELIA HUBNER, [1819]

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

Gamelia lichyi

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

Listing of Gamelia

P Janzen03 not officially named or described yet Costa Rica

N abahiana Brechlin & Meister, 2012 Brazil: Bahia
P abas (Cramer, 1775) Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana
Automeris banghaasi Draudt, 1929, French Guiana, is a synonym for abas
Io barii Boisduval, 1875, French Guiana, is a synonym for abas
Io episcopus Boisduval, 1875, Surinam, is a synonym for abas
P abasia (Stoll, 1781) Surninam, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil: Amazonas and Alagoas.
Phalena Attacus irmina Stoll, 1781, Surninam, is a synonym for abasia
P abasiella Lemaire, 1973 Peru, Bolivia
N acomayensis Brechlin & Meister, 2012 Peru
Peru, Huánuco dept., Pass Chinchao-Acomayo, 09º42.2'S, 76º05.3'W, 2580 m. Holotype: MWM. male ?. 24-25.II.2011. leg. Viktor Sinjaev.
N amadargei Brechlin & Meister, 2012 Peru
N amiettei Brechlin & Meister, 2012 Peru
Peru, Dept. Amazonas, Punte Nieva, 1600-1800 m. Holotype: MWM. male ?. 1.XII.2007. leg. Rainer Marx.
P argentina Brechlin, Meister & Penco, 2012 Argentina
Argentina, Prov. Salta, Santa Victoria-Los Toldos, 2300 m., 22º15'S, 64º58'W. Holotype: MWM. male ?. 30.XI.2006. leg. J. Carreras.
P anableps (R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) Brazil: Ceara, Rio de Janeiro
Io arguta Boisduval, 1875, Brazil, is a synonym for anableps
Io pandarus Boisduval, 1875, Brazil, is a synonym for anableps
Io theseus Boisduval, 1875, Brazil, is a synonym for anableps
P berliozi Lemaire, 1967 Guyana, French Guiana
P boliviettei Brechlin & Meister, 2012 Bolivia: Cochabamba; La Paz; Peru: Cusco
N camacana Brechlin & Meister, 2012 Brazil
Brazil, Bahia, near Camacan, 750 m., 15.23ºS, 39.33ºW. Holotype: MWM. male ?. XI.2000. leg. R. Brechlin.
P catharina (Draudt, 1929) Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
N centralis Naumann, 2011: NF 32 (1/2): 62; Type locality: Peru, Dept. Cajamarca, Cutervo, 1950 m, X-XI.2006.
N chuquibambensis Brechlin & Meister, 2012 Bolivia: Chuquisaca; Cochabamba
N corralesi Brechlin & Meister, 2012 Peru
N cusciettei Brechlin & Meister, 2012 Peru
Peru, Dept. Cusco, Manu Park, San Pedro, 1800 m. Holotype: MWM. male ?. 3.III.1997. leg. Frank Meister.
P dargei Naumann, Brosch, & Wenczel, 2005 Peru
P denhezi Lemaire, 1967 Colombia, western Ecuador
N esmeraliettei Brechlin & Meister, 2012 Ecuador
Ecuador, Esmeraldas province, Chuchuvi, 720 m., road Ibarra-San Lorenzo, 0º52.59.3'N, 78º30.54'W. Holotype: MWM. male ?. 26.V.2006. leg. Horst Käch.
N herbini Naumann, 2011: NF 32 (1/2): 62, Ecuador, Oriente, Morona-Santiago, Mendez-Morona, km. 75, 600 m, 14.VIII.1990.
N hollinensis Brechlin , Käch & Meister, 2012 Ecuador
Ecuador, Napo Province, Eastern Cordillera, Rio Hollin, 1300 m., road Loreto-Coca, 00º42.46'S, 77º44.27'W. Holotype: MWM. male ?. VIII.2010. leg. H. Kaech.
N juniettei Brechlin & Meister, 2012 Peru
Peru, Junin dept., Río Venado, Sunin village, 11º10.6'S, 74º29.0'W, 1050 m. Holotype: MWM. male ?. 18-19.XII.2010. leg. Viktor Sinjaev & Svetlana Sinjaeva.
N kaechi Brechlin & Meister, 2012 eastern Ecuador
N kiefferi Lemaire, 1967 Colombia
N lampei Naumann, 2011: NF 32 (1/2): 62, Brazil, Bahia, Rte. BR, 116-Encruzilada, km. 34, 600 m, 2.III.1997.
P lichyi Lemaire, 1973 Venezuela
N lojensis Brechlin , Käch & Meister, 2012 Ecuador
Ecuador, Loja Province, old road 15 km. E Loja to Zamora, 03º58.45'S, 79º08.28'W, 2700 m. Holotype: MWM. male ?. 1.III.2011. leg. H. Kaech & R. Brechlin.
P longispina Naumann, Brosch, & Wenczel, 2005 Peru (Now, 2012, ESs, a junior synonym of G. vanschaycki)
P musta Schaus, 1912 Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua
P nadezhdae Brechlin & Meister, 2012 Peru: Puno, San Gaban, southeastern Peru.
N neidcuscoensis Brechlin & Meister, 2012 Peru
Peru, Department Cusco, Valle de Quillabamba, 1850 m.Holotype: MWM. male ?. VI-VII.2006. leg. Rainer Marx.
P neidhoeferi Lemaire, 1967 Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia
N paradargei Brechlin & Meister, 2012 Peru
N paraensis Lemaire, 1973 Brazil: Para
N paramartiniana Brechlin & Meister, 2012 northern Peru, northeastern Ecuador
N parvoocellata Brechlin & Meister, 2012 Peru
Peru, Cajamarca [dept.], Cutervo, 1950 m. Holotype: MWM. male ?. X.-XI.2006. leg. Rainer Marx.
N pozuzana Brechlin & Meister, 2012 Peru: Pasco; Ucayali
N progressiana Brechlin & Meister, 2012 Peru
Peru, Huánuco dept., near Progresso (Cayumba), 08º27.3'S, 76º19.3'W, 500 m. Holotype: MWM. male ?. 22-23.II.2011. leg. V. Sinjaev.
P pygmaea (Schaus, 1904) Brazil
Hylesia nigropunctata Bouvier, 1930, Brazil, is a synonym for pygmaea
P pyrrhomelas (Walker, 1855) Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador
N remissa (Weymer, 1907) Brazil: Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo
P remissoides Lemaire, 1967 Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Santa Catarina
P rindgei Lemaire, 1967 Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, ?? Venezuela
P rindguayana Brechlin & Meister, 2012 French Guiana; Brazil, Venezuela, probably Guyana and Suriname
N romanovi Brechlin & Meister, 2012 Bolivia: Cochabamba
P lichyi Lemaire, 1973
P rubriluna (Walker, 1862) Amazon region, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, questionable in Guyana
Automeris abasia f. occidentalis Bouvier, 1936, Peru, is a synonmy for rubriluna
P rudloffi Brechlin & Meister, 2012 western Colombia; western Ecuador
N sanmartiniana Brechlin & Meister, 2012 northern Peru
P septentrionalis (Bouvier, 1936) Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua
N tamarae Brechlin & Meister, 2012 VenezuelaVenezuela, Est. Mérida, near Altamira village, 750 m., 8º50'S, 70º30'E. Holotype: MWM. male ?. 20.V.2010. leg. Y. Bezverkhov & V. Sinjaev.
P vanschaycki Naumann, Brosch, & Wenczel, 2005 Peru
P viettei Lemaire, 1967 Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia

P unknown Panama: Colon

P unknown Panama: Colon

Gamelia rindgei?? (female), Peru, courtesy of Eric van Schayck.

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Lemaire had divided this genus into three species groups as of 2002, with the groupings largely based upon similarities in the male and female genitalia.

Since then, the number of Gamelia species described has more than doubled.

I do not do dissections, nor am I trained to do DNA analysis. I often get asked to help people with identifications, when they have nothing more to provide than a digital image, a date and a location. Often the image is of a live moth, and the hindwings are not visible, nor is there a view of the ventral wing surfaces.

If you wish to try to id moths for yourself, using this website, I recommend the process of elimination method. I have set up charts that rely heavily on narrowing down possibilities as quickly as possible.

You can usually greatly reduce the number of possibilities by clicking on the location country. I believe the country by country checklists are generally quite accurate, and they are constantly being refined. In many cases I have created comparison charts for a given genus within a country. I use these3 charts quite regularly.

The first things I can almost always see that are pertinent for Gamelia species identifications are usually the 1) geographic location and elevation (sometimes I have to look up elevation on Google, based on location); 2) location of markings and 3) shape of the forewing pm lines, 4) basic ground colour and 5) level of contrast, 6) overall wing shape, 7) special diagnostic characters.

For the following image, I make the a number of quick assessments, listed directly below the image:

1) moth is from Shima, Junin, Peru, at an elevation of 450m;
2-3) forewing pm line is only slightly pre-apical and is almost straight, meeting inner margin about 1/4 of way in from anal angle;
4-5) ground colour is brown with darker grey-brown in basal area; little contrast in subterminal area;
6) forewing apex is quite pointed;
7) forewing ocellus is non-ringed; rather an orange dot encased in a black striga

By clicking on any one of the Peruvian species, listed above, I can access a link that will provide a comparison chart for the Gamelia species known from Peru, or you can click the following link for Peru Gamelia Comparison Plate.

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