RHODIRPHIA OF THE WORLD
Updated as per Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2002, November 23, 2005

RHODIRPHIA OF THE WORLD

Rhodirphia carminata male, Los Bancos (Pichincha) Ecuador,
November 24, 2006, courtesy of Horst Kach.

RHODIRPHIA Michener, 1949

The genus Rhodirphia 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.

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

In the case of carminata, "Mexico" was probably used very generally. The moth does not fly there.

Listing of Rhodirphia

P carminata (Schaus, 1902) (Mexico), western Colombia, western Ecuador
Dirphia f. niepelti Draudt, 1930, Colombia, is same as carminata

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