MEROLEUCA OF THE WORLD
Meroleucoides verae male, courtesy of Bernhard Wenczel
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Updated as per Heppner's Checklist: Part 4B 1996, December 16, 2005 Updated as per Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2002, October 3, 2006 Updated as per personal communication with Stefan Naumann (thibaudi); 2006 Updated as per ENTOMO-SATSPHINGIA I 2008, (catamarcensis, raineri), Ron Brechlin and Frank Meister; July 2009 Updated as per ENTOMO-SATSPHINGIA Jahrgang 6 Heft 3 30.05.2013, (sangayana, zunacensis, kaechi, winbrechlini, arianae, edithae, chrisbrechlinae, saragurensis, zamorana); March 4, 2014 |
The genus Meroleuca belongs to the Hemileucini Tribe of Subfamily Hemileucinae in the Saturniidae Family. Larvae have urticating spines, and members of this genus are found in South America and Central America.
N sangayana Brechlin, Kaech & Meister 2013
Ecuador: Morona Santiago
N zunacensis Brechlin, Kaech & Meister 2013
Ecuador: Morona Santiago
N kaechi Brechlin & Meister 2013
Ecuador: Carchi
N winbrechlini Brechlin, Kaech & Meister 2013
Ecuador: Azuay
N arianae Brechlin, Kaech & Meister 2013
Ecuador: Azuay
N edithae Brechlin, Kaech & Meister 2013
Ecuador: Azuay
N chrisbrechlinae Brechlin, Kaech & Meister 2013
Ecuador: Morona Santiago
N saragurensis Brechlin, Kaech & Meister 2013
Ecuador: Loja
N zamorana Brechlin, Kaech & Meister 2013
Ecuador: Loja, Zamora-Chinchipe
Subgenus: Meroleuca, Packard 1904
P catamarcensis Meister & Brechlin, 2008
Peru
P decaensi Lemaire, 1995
Peru
N lituroides (Bouvier, 1929)
Colombia
N mossi Lemaire, 1995
Peru
P nigra (Dognin, 1913)
Colombia
Dirphia bogotana Bouvier, 1930, Colombia is same as nigra
P raineri Brechlin & Meister, 2008
Peru
P thibaudi Naumann S, Meister F, Brosch U, 2006
Peru
P venosa (Walker, 1855)
Colombia
Subgenus: Meroleucoides, Michener, 1949
N achupasiana Brechlin & Meister 2011
Peru
P albomaculata (Dognin, 1916)
Ecuador
N amarillae Lemaire & Wolfe, 1995
Colombia
P bipectinata Lemaire, n.s.
Ecuador
P bipunctata Lemaire, 1982
Ecuador
P bravera Lemaire, n.s.
Venezuela
N calabaziana Brechlin & Meister 2011
Peru
N carpishiana Brechlin & Meister 2011
Peru
N corralesi Brechlin & Meister 2011
Peru
P dargei Lemaire, 1982
Colombia
N diazmaurini Decaëns T, Bonilla D, Ramírez LD central
Colombia
P erythropus (Maassen, 1890)
Ecuador
sinuata Lemaire, 1982 Ecuador, is same as erythropus
P famula (Maassen, 1890)
Ecuador
N fassli Lemaire, 1995
Colombia
P flavodiscata (Dognin, 1916)
Colombia
N laverna (Druce, 1890)
Ecuador
N microstyx Lemaire, n.s.
Ecuador
P modesta Lemaire, n.s.
Peru
N nadiana Lemaire, 2002
Ecuador
N naias (Bouvier, 1929)
Colombia
P nata (Maassen, 1890)
Ecuador
N nievasiana Brechlin & Meister 2011
Peru
P penai Lemaire, 1982
Ecuador
N ramicosa (Lemaire, 1975)
Peru
P rectilineata Lemaire & Venedictoff, 1989
Ecuador
N riveti Lemaire, n.s.
Ecuador
N rubrocalabaziana Brechlin & Meister 2011
Peru
P viksinayevi Brechlin & Meister 2011
Peru
Subgenus: Dihirpa, Draudt, 1929
N lamasi Lemaire, 1982
Peru
P litura (Walker, 1855)
Colombia
marginella Walker, 1865, Colombia, is a synonym for litura
P verae van Schayck, 2000
Peru
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On my home computer only: Meroleuca: catamarcensis and raineri, as described in SatSphingia; original descriptions in German available in SATSPHINGIA 1 via Frank Meister