NEORCARNEGIA OF THE WORLD
Updated as per Lemaire's Ceratocampinae 1988, October 3, 2006
Updated as per Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo. N.F. 27 (4) 197-200 (2006), courtesy of Stefan Naumann, May 24, 2007

NEORCARNEGIA OF THE WORLD

NEORCARNEGIA DRAUDT, 1930

Neorcarnegia basirei male, Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
February 22, 2013, courtesy of Larry Valentine.

Neorcarnegia 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.

Neorcarnegia basirei courtesy of Rodolphe Rougerie.

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.

Neorcarnegia basirei
57mm
Fw apex produced, making outer margin concave, creating a fairly pointed apex
Concave pm line
Dark brown fw median area quite wide
Fw am line prominent, black, straight
Hw apex not produced
Hw anal angle greatly produced

Neorcarnegia bispinosa
57mm
Fw outer margin straight
Concave pm line
Dark brown fw median area quite wide
Fw am line, prominent and black, turns inward at costa
Hw apex quite rounded, not produced as in specimen to right
Hw anal angle slightly produced

Neorcarnegia ??
65mm
Fw outer margin slightly convex in upper 2/3
Straight pm line
Width of dark brown fw median area reduced
Am line almost vestigial on all wings
Hw apex more produced than in other species
Tan basal area greatly enlarged on all wings

Ryan Saint Laurent has been working on the Cornell University Collection, and he has been sending me high quality digital images of interesting specimens. The moth to the right, above, does not seem a good match for either N. basirei or N. bispinosa, based on some of the characters noted. The orangey brown submarginal/marginal area of the hindwing also seems reduced in th elarger, 65mm specimen. I think it is something undescribed.

Neorcarnegia Undescribed species/variation/aberration??, Ponte Funda, Goias, Brazil,
Cornell University Collection, via Ryan Saint Laurent.

Listing of Neorcarnegia

P basirei (Schaus, 1892) southeastern Brazil, northeastern Argentina, and Paraguay.
P bispinosa Naumann, 2006 northwestern Brazil and Bolivia

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