PARARHODIA OF THE WORLD

PARARHODIA (COCKERELL, 1914)

Pararhodia gyra female, Tari Ambna Southern Highlands, PNG,
November 11, 1987, courtesy of Dave Rolfe.

Pararhodia belongs to the Saturniini tribe of Subfamily Saturniinae, Family Saturniidae.

Pararhodia is the objective replacement name for Eurhodia Rothschild & Jordan, 1905. I would much appreciate any information about or images of species in this genus.

Four-five taxa of the genus Pararhodia are recognized. They are distributed in the mountainous regions and at low elevations on the island of New Guinea.

The female of P. rotalis shows a white spot on the apex, black antennae and black tarsomeres (subdivisions or segments of the tarsus (leg)) which are typical of the genus Pararhodia.

Listing of Pararhodia

daviesorum Lemaire, 1979 Papua New Guinea
gyra (W. Rothschild & Jordan, 1905) Papua New Guinea
meeki (Jordan, 1908) New Guinea
rotalis U. Paukstadt, L.H. Paukstadt & Suhardjono, 1992 Indonesia, Irian Jaya Province, N slopes of the Jayawijaya Mts.
setekwa D' Abrera New Guinea Stefan Naumann: "status doubtful"

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