OXYTENIS OF THE WORLD

Oxytenis modestia female courtesy of Annette Aiello,
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá.

OXYTENIS HUBNER, [1819]

Oxytenis belong to the Subfamily Oxyteninae (Oxytenidae) of the Family Saturniidae.

Some taxonomists consider Oxytenidae to be a separate Family, distinguished from the Saturniidae due to different wing venation and larval morphology and behaviour.

These small to medium sized moths fly in Central and South America.

Mature larvae descend trees to pupate in subterranean chambers.

Dan Janzen's website has an excellent collection of beprea, modestia and naemia orecta images, showing the variability within those species.

Listing of Oxytenis

P albilunulata Schaus, 1912 Costa Rica, Ecuador
N angulata (Cramer, 1775) Suriname, same as zerbina
P beprea Druce, 1886 Panama, Costa Rica
N bicornis Jordan, 1924 Brazil
P epiphaea Jordan, 1924 Peru, Ecuador
N erosa Jordan, 1924 Guyana
P ferruginea (Walker, 1855) Venezuela, French Guiana, (probably Guyana and Suriname (WO?))
P gigantea (Druce, 1890) Ecuador
N leda Druce, 1906 Peru, Colombia
P mirabilis (Cramer, 1780) Suriname, French Guiana
P modestia (Cramer, 1780) Suriname, French Guiana, Costa Rica, neotropical Central and South America, Colombia, Ecuador
N naemia aravaca Jordan, 1924 Guyana, French Guiana
P naemia naemia Druce, 1906 Peru, Ecuador, neotropical South America
P naemia orecta Jordan, 1924 Costa Rica
N nubila acuta Jordan, 1924 Nicaragua
N nubila nubila Jordan, 1924, Colombia
P peregrina (Stoll, 1780) Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador
N plettina Jordan, 1924 Ecuador
P sobrina Jordan, 1924 Peru
N spadix Jordan, 1924 Colombia
N zerbina (Cramer, 1780) Suriname

All Leps Barcode of Life adds:
Oxytenis aravaca Jordan, 1924

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