Pseudautomeris of the World

Pseudautomeris lata

Pseudautomeris Lemaire, 1967

The genus Pseudautomeris 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.

Pseudautomeris pohli, Puno, Peru, courtesy of Bernhard Wenczel.

Many of these moths were originally described as Automeris, but the genitalia are different, and the hindwing eyespots are different from Automeris species. In the Pseudautomeris species there is, in the hindwing eyespot, a narrow white "V" with its apex pointed toward the juncture of the wing to the body.

Please note: The advent of DNA barcoding has resulted in many new descriptions. In many cases the "new" species are quite similar to existing species. Do not be surprised if even more refined testing or revisions of thresholds of difference in the future results in some synonymies or even more species/subspecies. Subsequent rearing may or may not indicate differences in larval appearance. It will be interesting to see how this all pans out.

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

Listing of Pseudautomeris

N horsti Brechlin & Meister, 2013 eastern Ecuador
P marceli Brechlin, Kaech & Meister, 2013 eastern Ecuador
N cajamarcensis Brechlin & Meister, 2013 Peru
N chocensis Brechlin & Meister, 2013 Colombia
P antioquia (Schaus, 1921) Colombia, western Ecuador
P arminirene (Strand, 1920) Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, maybe Colombia; revised from irene arminirene to full species as arminirene
P arminiyungasensis Brechlin & Meister 2010 Bolivia
P arminicuscoensis Brechlin & Meister 2010 Peru
P boettgeri Naumann, Brosch, & Wenczel, 2005, Peru
P brasiliensis (Walker, 1855) Brazil
Io scapularis Boisduval, 1875, Brazil, is a synonym for brasiliensis
P chinchipensis Racheli & Racheli, 2006 Ecuador
P chrisbrechlinae Brechlin & Meister 2010 Bolivia, Argentina
P coronis (Schaus, 1913) Brazil
Automeris parametea Bouvier, 1936, Brazil, is a synonym for coronis
Automeris coronoides Bouvier, 1936, Brazil, is a synonym for coronis
P erubescens (Boisduval, 1875) Brazil
Automeris eximius Bouvier, 1929, ?, is a synonym for erubescens
P fimbridentata (Dognin, 1916) Peru
P grammivora (Jones, 1908) Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay
Automeris deletum Bouvier, 1929, Brazil, is a synonym for grammivora
P hubneri (Boisduval, 1875) Brazil, Argentina
Io amphirene Boisduval, 1875, Brazil, is a synonym for hubneri
Io porus Boisduval, 1875, Brazil, is a synonym for hubneri
Automeris quadridentata Kirby, 1892, Brazil, is a synonym for hubneri
Automeris ab. atra Bouvier, 1930, Brazil, is a synonym for hubneri
P irene irene (Cramer, 1779) Suriname, Nicaragua, , Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, French Guiana
Automeris roseus Conte, 1906, Surinam, is a synonym for irene irene
Automeris obliqua Bouvier, 1929, French Guiana, is a synonym for irene irene
P irene arminirene (Strand, 1920) Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, maybe Colombia
Automeris rectangularis Bouvier, 1929, Ecuador, is a synonym for irene arminirene
Automeris paucidentata Bouvier, 1936, ?, is a synonym for irene arminirene
revised to full species status, Brechlin & Meister, 2013
P lata (Conte, 1906) French Guiana, Ecuador, Guyana, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
Automeris sinuosa Dognin, 1911, French Guiana, is a synonym for lata
Automeris brutus Strand, 1911, Peru, is a synonym for lata
Automeris caesar Bouvier, 1927, French Guiana, is a synonym for lata
P luteata (Walker, 1865) ?, Paraguay, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina
Automeris lucidus Bouvier, 1929, Brazil, is a synonym for luteata
Automeris ab. nigrosignata Kohler, 1935, Argentina, is a synonym for luteata
Automeris f. conjuncta Bouvier, 1936, Brazil, is a synonym for luteata
N ophthalmica (Moore, 1883) Brazil
P pohli Lemaire, 1967 Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia
N rudloffi Brechlin & Meister 2010 Costa Rica
P salmonea (Cramer, 1777) Suriname, Colombia, French Guiana, Venezuela, probably Guyana, maybe northwestern Brazil, maybe Panama
metea Cramer, 1780, Surinam, is a synonym for salmonea
Automeris armidia Hubner, 1819, Surinam, is a synonym for salmonea
Io hersilia Boisduval , 1875, Surinam, is a synonym for salmonea
P sanmartini Racheli & Racheli, 2006 Peru
N stawiarskii (Gagarin, 1936) Brazil
Automeris suavina F. Johnson, 1937, Brazil, is a synonym for stawiarskii
P subcoronis Lemaire, 1967 Brazil
P toulgoeti Lemaire, n.s. French Guiana
P yourii Lemaire, 1985 Ecuador
P zamora Racheli & Racheli, 2006 Ecuador

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