RACHESA OF THE WORLD
RACHESA MICHENER, 1949
Rachesa breteuili male, Lita, Esmeraldas, Ecuador,
January 2007, courtesy of
Horst Kach
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Updated as per Heppner's Checklist: Part 4B 1996, February 12, 2005 Updated as per Lemaire's Ceratocampinae , February 12, 2005 Updated as per personal communication with Horst Kach, March 2007 Updated as per personal communication with Victor Sinyaev; September 3, 2012 Updated as per Entomo-Satsphingia Jahrgang 4 Heft 3 23.08.2011; February 18, 2013 Updated as per Entomo-Satsphingia Yahrgang 6 Heft 3 30.05.2013; February 24, 2014 |
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 and some are indistinguishable from Adeloneivaia jason and Syssphinx ocellata except by examination of genitalia. I suspect that some of the more recently described species can only be distinguished by DNA barcoding analysis. Geographic location may be of some help.
P indicates a photograph is available. The first country listed is the type locality.
N adusta (Rothschild, 1907) Peru: Puno;
Ecuador: Napo
N alegrensis Brechlin & Meister, 2011
Peru: Amazonas
N arianae Brechlin, Kaech & Meister, 2013
Ecuador: Morona Santiago
P breteuili (Bouvier, 1927)
Ecuador,
Colombia,
Peru
caucensis, Lemaire, 1969, Colombia, is a synonym for breteuili
N chrisbrechlinae Brechlin & Meister, 2011
Bolivia: La Paz, Santa Cruz
N lampei Brechlin & Meister, 2011
Peru: San Martin
P nisa (Druce, 1904)
Peru,
Ecuador,
Bolivia
P reventador, Lemaire, 1969,
Ecuador,
Peru,
Bolivia
P sinjaevorum Brechlin & Meister, 2011
Bolivia: Cochabamba
N sumacensis Brechlin, Kaech & Meister, 2013
Ecuador: Napo
P viksinjaevi Brechlin & Meister, 2011
Peru: Junin; Pasco
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