TRAVASSOSULA OF THE WORLD
Travassosula subfumata courtesy of Bernhard Wenczel.
Travassosula subfumata male, Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
January 16, 2013, courtesy of Larry Valentine, id by Bill Oehlke.
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Updated as per Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2002, January 5, 2005 Updated as per personal communication with Larry Valentine (Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil, January 16, 2013): January 17, 2013 Updated as per Entomo Satsphingia, Jahrgang 7 Heft 3 30.09.2014; December 6, 2014 |
Travassosula subfumata male, Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
January 16, 2013, courtesy of Larry Valentine, id by Bill Oehlke.
The genus Travassosula belongs to the Hemileucini Tribe of Subfamily Hemileucinae in the Saturniidae Family. Moths have a notch near the apex of the hindwing.
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.
N chuquisaciana Brechlin & Meister 2014 Bolivia: Chuquisaca
N madrediosiana Brechlin & Meister 2014 Peru: Madre de Dios
P mulierata, Lemaire, 1971
Peru: Junin, Cusco, Madre de Dios, Puno
P subfumata, (Schaus, 1921)
southeastern Brazil,
Bolivia
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