PTILOSCOLA OF THE WORLD
Ptiloscola dargei courtesy of Bernhard Wenczel.
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Updated as per Lemaire's Ceratocampinae 1988, October 3, 2006 Updated as per Entomo-Satsphingia 1 (1): 21 – 26 (April 2008), (burmeisteri, paraguayensis, wolfei), Ron Brechlin, July 2009 Updated as per Witt Museum online list (cuscoensis); September 4, 2012 |
The Ptiloscola belong to the Subfamily Ceratocampinae of the Family Saturniidae. Moths fly in Central America into northern South America. Note the yellow rings on the abdomen of the specimen above. These rings are a character of this genus.
Larvae are equipped with extensive and elongated thoracic scoli, particularly in the early instars.Pupation is in loose surface litter or a shallow subterranean chamber. |
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P indicates a photograph is available. The first country listed is the type locality.
P bipunctata Lemaire, 1971 northern Peru
P burmeisteri Meister & Brechlin, 2008
Argentina
P cinerea (Schaus, 1900)
eastern Brazil, northern Argentina
picklei, Schaus, 1933, Brazil, is a synonym for cinerea
N cuscoensis Brechlin & Meister, 2011, Peru
P dargei Lemaire, 1971
Nicaragua, Mexico,
Belize,
Guatemala, Costa Rica,
(? Honduras, El Salvador,
Panama),
western Ecuador, ? Colombia
P descimoni Lemaire, 1971
Ecuador, Panama,
Colombia (TD)
P lilacina lilacina (Schaus, 1900)
Colombia
P lilacina affinis (W. Rothschild, 1907)
Venezuela
P paraguayensis Brechlin, Meister & Drechsel, 2008
Paraguay
P photophila (W. Rothschild, 1907)
Surinam,
Venezuela,
Guyana,
French Guiana,
Brazil,
Colombia (TD),
Ecuador, Peru,
Bolivia
P rorerae (Schaus, 1900) western and southwestern
Ecuador
P surrotunda (Dyar, 1925)
Mexico
P wellingi Lemaire, 1971
Mexico
P wolfei Brechlin & Meister, 2008 Peru
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