LOXOLOMIA OF THE WORLD
Updated as per Heppner's Checklist: Part 4B 1996, February 12, 2005
Updated as per Lemaire's Arsenurinae 1980, February 12, 2005
Updated as per Entomo-Satsphingia Jahrgang 6 Heft 1 07.02.2013

LOXOLOMIA OF THE WORLD

Loxolomia serpentina, Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
October 14, 2011, courtesy of Larry Valentine.

Jan Hellert sent me this very nice image a fifth instar Loxolomia johnsoni larva.

TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family; Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Arsenurinae, Jordan 1922
Tribe: Arsenurini, Jordan, 1922
Genus: Loxolomia Maassen, 1869

The Loxomia belong to the Arsenurini, a primitive tribe found in tropical South and Central America.

P indicates a photograph is available. The first country listed is the type locality.

Listing of Loxolomia

P johnsoni, Schaus, 1932 Peru, Ecuador, Brazil and possibly Venezuela and Bolivia.
serpentina zwechti is a synonym of johnsoni
P serpentina, Maassen, 1869, Brazil
N winbrechlini, Brechlin & Meister, 2013, Brazil: Maranhao; ? possibly Mato Grosso?

Loxolomia serpentina

M: 123-143mm; F: 134-150mm
Mfwl: 68-78mm
short-tailed hindwing
southeastern Brazil: Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Parana, Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo, Santa Catarina

Loxolomia johnsoni

M: 155-178mm; F: 173mm plus
Mfwl: 80-95mm
usually darker than depicted above
East Andean species
Eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, Bolivia

Loxolomia winbrechlini

M: 138-152mm; F: larger
Mfwl: 78-85mm
Image on my home computer only
Very similar to L. johnsoni
Hw outer margin less angulate
Brazil: Maranhao

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