PSILOPYGOIDES OF THE WORLD
Updated as per Lemaire's Ceratocampinae 1988, September 26, 2006
Updated as per personal communication with Ryan Saint Laurent; February 26, 2013
Updated as per Entomo Satsphingia, Jahrgang 7 Heft 3 30.09.2014; December 6, 2014

PSILOPYGOIDES OF THE WORLD

PSILOPYGOIDES MICHENER, 1949

Psilopygoides oda male, 43mm, Moengo Boven, Cottica River, Suriname,
May 25, 1927, Cornell University Collection, courtesy of Ryan Saint Laurent.

Psilopygoides 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.

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.

Listing of Psilopygoides

P oda (Schaus, 1905) French Guiana; Venezuela; Brazil; Suriname(RSL); and Guyana
N odandensis Brechlin & Meister 2014 Peru: Madre de Dios

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