PERIPHOBA OF THE WORLD
Updated as per Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2002, November 24, 2005
Updated as per personal communication with Carlos Mielke, November 16, 2006
Updated from Polillas Saturnidas de Colombia, 1997, Angela R. Amarillo-S., January 2007
Updated as per Witt Museum Lists, January 2012
Updated as per Global Mirror System of DNA Barcoding Analysis (locations and dates of BOLD submissions), January, 2012
Updated as per Entomo Satsphingia Jahrgang 3 Heft 4 12.08.2010; February 1, 2012

PERIPHOBA OF THE WORLD

Periphoba porioni moth courtesy of Leroy Simon.

PERIPHOBA HUBNER, 1820

The genus Periphoba 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.


Periphoba tarapoto courtesy of Thibaud Decaens.

Moths fly even on bright, moonlit nights, but activity seems confined on all nights to 1.5 to 2 hours sometime between 9:00pm and midnight.

P indicates an image is available. The first country listed is the specimen type locality.

Listing of Periphoba

P albata (Draudt, 1930) Mexico, Honduras
Dirphia angelica Bouvier, 1930, Honduras, is a synonym for albata
P arcaei (Druce, 1886) Panama, Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela
Dirphia arctus Bouvier, 1929, Mexico, is same as arcaei
Phricodia hircia f. rosacea Draudt, 1930, Mexico, is a synonym for arcaei removed from synonymity by Brechlin & Meister, 2010; now P. rosacea
N attali Lemaire & Terral, 1994 southwestern Ecuador
P augur (Bouvier, 1929) French Guiana, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil
N aurata Lemaire, 1994 southeastern Venezuela: Bolivar
N courtini Lemaire, 1994 Brazil: Bahia
N diasi Lemaire, 1994 southeastern Brazil now considered Dirphia
P galmeidai C. Mielke & Furtado, 2006 Maranhão, Brazil
N hidalgensis Brechlin & Meister, 2010 Mexico
P hircia (Cramer, 1775) Surinam, French Guiana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela
Phalaena Attacus calchas Cramer, 1780, Surinam, is same as hircia
Phalaena Bombyx amalia Stoll, 1782, Surinam, is same as hircia
Dirphia obtusa Walker, 1855, Brazil, is same as hircia
Ormiscodes afflata Strand, 1911, Ecuador, is same as hircia
Dirphiopsis roseigrisea Bouvier, 1930, Peru, is same as hircia
Phricodia amalia romani Bryk, 1953, Brazil, is same as hircia
P moseri C. Mielke & Furtado, 2006 Maranhão, Brazil
P nigra (Dognin, 1901) western Ecuador, western Colombia
Dirphia quaesita Draudt, 1930, Colombia, is same as nigra
P ockendeni Lemaire, 1995 southeastern Peru: Puno; Bolivia: La Paz
N parallela (Schaus, 1921) Brazil: Santa Catarina
N pascoensis Brechlin & Meister, 2010 Peru
P pessoai C. Mielke & Furtado, 2006 Ceará, Brazil
P porioni Lemaire, 1982 Ecuador: Napo
N punoensis Brechlin & Meister, 2010 Peru
P rosacea Draudt, 1930 Mexico; was formerly Phricodia hircia f. rosacea
N rudloffi Brechlin & Meister, 2010 Costa Rica, Colombia, probably Panama
P tangerini C. Mielke & Furtado, 2006 Federal District, Brazil
P tarapoto Lemaire, 2002 Peru, Bolivia
N tolimaiana Brechlin & Meister, 2010 Colombia
P unicolor Lemaire, 1977 Mexico
N yungasiana Brechlin & Meister, 2010 Bolivia

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Dirphia or Periphoba female, unknown???, Amazonas, Brazil,
Cornell University Insect Collection, courtesy of Ryan Saint Laurent.

Periphoba id chart for species from Mexico and Central America
P albata (Draudt, 1930) Mexico, Honduras
P arcaei (Druce, 1886) Panama, Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela
N hidalgensis Brechlin & Meister, 2010 Mexico
P rosacea Draudt, 1930 Mexico: Chiapas; Oaxaca
P unicolor Lemaire, 1977 Mexico
N rudloffi Brechlin & Meister, 2010 Costa Rica, Colombia, probably Panama

Periphoba id chart for species from the Andean slopes: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
N attali Lemaire & Terral, 1994 southwestern Ecuador
P hircia (Cramer, 1775) Surinam, French Guiana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela
P nigra (Dognin, 1901) western Ecuador, western Colombia
P ockendeni Lemaire, 1995 southeastern Peru: Puno; Bolivia: La Paz
N pascoensis Brechlin & Meister, 2010 Peru
P porioni Lemaire, 1982 Ecuador: Napo
N punoensis Brechlin & Meister, 2010 Peru
P tarapoto Lemaire, 2002 Peru, Bolivia
N tolimaiana Brechlin & Meister, 2010 Colombia
N yungasiana Brechlin & Meister, 2010 Bolivia

Periphoba id chart for species from the Guyano-Amazonian region: Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana
P augur (Bouvier, 1929) French Guiana, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil
N aurata Lemaire, 1994 southeastern Venezuela: Bolivar
P hircia (Cramer, 1775) Surinam, French Guiana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela

Periphoba id chart for species from Brazil
N courtini Lemaire, 1994 Brazil: Bahia
P galmeidai C. Mielke & Furtado, 2006 Maranhão, Brazil
P hircia (Cramer, 1775) Surinam, French Guiana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela
P moseri C. Mielke & Furtado, 2006 Maranhão, Brazil
N parallela (Schaus, 1921) Brazil: Santa Catarina
P pessoai C. Mielke & Furtado, 2006 Ceará, Brazil
P tangerini C. Mielke & Furtado, 2006 Federal District, Brazil