LEUCANELLA OF THE WORLD

Leucanella species are distinguished by the hindwing eyespot which usually consists of black multiple pupils in a reddish brown iris with a black inner ring surrounded by an outer yellow ring.

Most of the species are montane, ocuring at elevations up to 3600m.

Many of these moths were originally classified as Automeris.

Leucanella saturata larva, copyright protected, courtesy of Kirby Wolfe.

Most of the larvae have black skins with yellow and/or white spines.

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

Listing of Leucanella

P acutissima (Walker, 1865) Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica; ? El Salvador
P anikae Meister and Brechlin (2002) Argentina, Bolivia
P apollinairei (Dognin, 1923) Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, southern Venezuela
N arcuata Brechlin & Meister, 2012, Peru: Cajamarca; Ecuador: Napo; Zamora Chinchipe
P aspera aspera (R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Uruguay
Hyperchiria burmeisteri Weyenbergh, 1886, Argentina, is a synonym for aspera aspera
f. Automeris rosacea Draudt, 1929, Argentina, is a synonym for aspera aspera
ab. Automeris distincta Kohler, 1935, Argentina, is a synonym for aspera aspera
ab. Automeris tristis Kohler, 1935, Argentina, is a synonym for aspera aspera
P aspera patagonica (Breyer, 1957) southern Argentina
P atahualpa Frank Meister & Stefan Naumann 2006 Peru
N bivius (Bouvier, 1927) unknown; probably Bolivia and/or Argentina
N bolanosi Brechlin, Kaech & Meister, 2013 Ecuador: Esmeraldas
P bonillensis Thibaud Decaens & Rodolphe Rougerie, 2008 Colombia
P christbrechlinae, Brechlin & Meister 2011, Peru
P conlani Lemaire, 2002 Bolivia, Argentina; now a junior synonym of anikae
P contei (Lemaire, 1967) Peru, Ecuador
P contempta contempta (Lemaire, 1967) Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, northern Argentina
P contempta flavissima (Lemaire, 1967) north central Venezuela
P contempta inti (Kach and Racheli, 2009), Ecuador: Pichincha
N contempta nyctimenoides (Lemaire, 1967) southwestern Venezuela
P contempta sacha (Kach and Racheli, 2009), Ecuador: Azuay
P contempta windi Lemaire, 1973 Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras
N evanschaycki, Brechlin & Meister 2011 northwestern Peru
P flammans (Schaus, 1900) western Colombia, Ecuador
N fusca (Walker, 1855) ?, Mexico
combusta Walker, 1865, ?, is a synonym for fusca
oaxaca F. Johnson & Michener, 1948, Mexico, is a synonym for fusca
P gibbosa (Conte, 1906) southeastern Brazil
hoffmanni Sageder, 1935, Brazil, is a synonym for gibbosa
P hausmanni Brechlin & Meister 2011 Peru: Amazonas, possibly southern Ecuador
P heisleri (Jones, 1908) southeastern Brazil
miris Sageder, 1935, Brazil, is a synonym for heisleri
P hosmera (Schaus, 1941) Costa Rica, Panama
P janeira (Westwood, 1854) southeastern Brazil
Hyperchiria cinerea Walker, 1855, Brazil, is a synonym for janeira
Hyperchiria fumata R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874, Colombia, is a synonym for janeira
Io norcestes Boisduval, 1875, Brazil, is a synonym for janeira
P julianae, Brechlin & Meister 2011 Peru: Junin
P lama (Berg, 1883) Argentina
joannisi Bouvier, 1927, ?, is a synonym for lama northern Argentina, southern Bolivia
P leucane (Geyer, 1837) Mexico
budleyi Felder, 1930, Mexico, is a synonym for leucane
f. cinnamomea C. C. Hoffmann, 1942, Mexico, is a synonym for leucane
P lynx (Bouvier, 1930) Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
P maandensis, Brechlin & Meister 2011 1, Bolivia: La Paz; Peru: Amazonas, Madre de Dios, Puno; Ecuador: Pastaza
P maasseni (Moschler, 1872) French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia, Panama ??; ?? Guyana
falcata Boisduval, 1875, French Guiana, is a synonym for maasseni
N manzanoi Brechlin, Kaech & Meister, 2013 Ecuador: Orellana; Napo; Morona Santiago
P memusae memusae (Walker, 1855) northeastern Brazil
memusops Boisduval, 1875, Brazil, is a synonym for memusae memusae
P memusae gardineri Lemaire, 1973 southeastern Brazil, southeastern Bolivia, Paraguay
P memusoides Lemaire, 1973 western Ecuador, western Peru
Leucanella piura Lampe (2004) is probably a synonym of memusoides
P muelleri (Draudt, 1929) Mexico
N neglecta Brechlin & Meister, 2012, Peru: Junin; Pasco; Ecuador: Pastaza; Napo
P newmani (Lemaire, 1967) Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador; likely replaced by L. manzanoi in Ecuador
P nyctimene (Latreille, 1832) Colombia, Bolivia
P rufoboliviana, Brechlin & Meister 2011, Bolivia: Cochabamba (HT); La Paz; Santa Cruz; Peru: Cusco, Puno
P siriae, Brechlin & Meister 2011, Peru: Huanuco; Pasco.
P saturata (Walker, 1855) Mexico
Hyperchiria schausii H. Edwards, 1884, Mexico, is a synonmy for saturata
P stuarti koehleri (Gemignani, 1931) northern Argentina, southern Bolivia
Automeris jordani Bouvier, 1930, Argentina, is a synonym for stuarti koehleri
piura Lampe REJ 2004 northwestern Peru: Piura = L. memusoides
N stuarti rothschildi (Bouvier, 1933) southern Peru
P stuarti stuarti (Rothschild & Jordan, 1901) Bolivia
N verdiana Brechlin & Meister, 2012, Peru: Amazonas
P viettei (Lemaire, 1967) Peru
P viridescens viridescens (Walker, 1855) southeastern Brazil, northeastern Argentina, Bolivia
damoeus Boisduval, 1875, South America, is a synonym for viridescens viridescens
semicaeca Schaus, 1932, Brazil, is a synonym for viridescens viridescens
P viridescens paraviridior, Brechlin & Meister 2011 Bolivia: La Paz; Chuquisaca; Santa Cruz
P viridescens viridior Lemaire, 1973 northeastern Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay
N winfbrechlini, Brechlin & Meister 2011 Peru
P yungasensis Frank Meister & Stefan Naumann 2006 Argentina??

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