MEGACERESA OF THE WORLD
Updated as per Lemaire's Ceratocampinae 1988, September 26, 2006
Updated as per personal communication with Paul Smith (Laguna Blanca, San Pedro Department, Paraguay; May 19. 2010); May 2010
Updated as per personal communication with Paul Smith (Concepcion Department, Paraguay; August 2009); May 2010

MEGACERESA OF THE WORLD

MEGACERESA Michener, 1949

Megaceresa pulchra male, northern Parana,
Cornell University Collection, courtesy of Ryan Saint Laurent

Megaceresa belong to the Subfamily Ceratocampinae of the Family Saturniidae.

Eggs are translucent and the developing larvae can be seen through the egg shells.

Like all the Ceratocampinae, the larvae are well-endowed with long thoracic "horns" which tend to diminish relative to body size as the larvae progress through successive moults.

Megaceresa pulchra larva, Eurides Furtado

Mature larvae descend trees to pupate in subterranean chambers.

These moths fly in South America.

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

Listing of Megaceresa

P pulchra Bouvier, 1923 central Brazil and Paraguay

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