WINBRECHLINIA OF THE WORLD
Updated as per Entomo Satsphingia, Jahrgang 9 Heft 4 14.11.2016; March 2, 2017
Updated as per Entomo Satsphingia, Jahrgang 11 Heft 1 22.01.2018; February 8, 2019

WINBRECHLINIA OF THE WORLD

Winbrechlinia Brechlin, 2016

Winbrechlinia shapiroi HT male, Cerro Kachui, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Cesar, Colombia
42mm, January 2, 1977, 4000m, courtesy of Rodolphe Rougerie; digital repair by Bill Oehlke.

The genus Winbrechlinia belongs to the Hemileucini Tribe of Subfamily Hemileucinae in the Saturniidae Family. Moths of this genus are found in Colombia, South America.

New for 2018:

parbrechlini Brechlin, 2018 Colombia: Magdalena
sinjaevi Brechlin, 2018 Colombia: Cesar
grissinjaevi Brechlin, 2018 Colombia: Cesar

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

Listing of Winbrechlinia

P shapiroi Brechlin, 2016 Colombia: Cesar: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta: southern slope of Cerro Kachui; 4000-4400m
N winbrechlini Brechlin, 2016 Colombia: Magdalena: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta: Municipio de Minco: Cerro Kennedy: San Lorenzo; 2525-2700m

Three species from Cesar, Colombia


Winbrechlinia shapiroi HT male

sorry, no image of the female is available

sorry, no image of larva available

Winbrechlinia shapiroi: near Cerro Kachui, Sierra Nevada da Santa Marta, Cesar, Colombia
4000-4000m; mfwl: 24mm.
Prominent off-white, convex, scalloped pm line, parallel to the outer margin. Diffuse black sphere on each wing in cell near its outer edge. Ground colour is medium dark grey.


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Winbrechlinia grissinjaevi HT female
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Winbrechlinia grissinjaevi: near Pueblo Bella, Sierra Nevada da Santa Marta, Cesar, Colombia
2700m; ffwl: 36mm. Known from a single female; seems smaller than females of sinjaevi and parbrechlini. Not as dark as shapiroi, lacks expected larger dark cell spot. Instead, fw cell outer edge is just a slightly darker striga. The hindwing cell of grissinjaevi has a very small, diffuse back spot just inside cell's outer edge.


Winbrechlinia sinjaevi male

Winbrechlinia sinjaevi male

Winbrechlinia sinjaevi male

Winbrechlinia sinjaevi male
near Pueblo Bella, Sierra Nevada da Santa Marta, Cesar, Colombia
2700m; mfwl: 28-32mm.
Reddish brown male show two forms; one with strong presence of lighter scales on outer edge of greyish pm band, one form where lighter band is vestigial. The pm line is distinctly angled inward just above the cell. The cell mark is small and black with a larger, diffuse, more prominent orangey-yellow spot just inside the the black dot.


Winbrechlinia sinjaevi female

Winbrechlinia sinjaevi female
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Winbrechlinia sinjaevi female
near Pueblo Bella, Sierra Nevada da Santa Marta, Cesar, Colombia
2700m; ffwl: 40mm.
evenly convex, double banded (grey-brown & greyish white) pm line is parallel to the outer margin. Wing areas show more contrast than males. Slightly darker striga at end of forewing cell is inwardly traced with white. Irregular double banded am line is more prominent than in males.

Two Species from Magdalena, Colombia


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Winbrechlinia parbrechlini HT female

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Winbrechlinia parbrechlini: Cerro Kennedy, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia; 2525m. ffwl: 40mm.
The HT female has a double banded (grey-brown & greyish white) pm line, angled inwardly just obove the cell. The forewing post median area is broader than that of sinjaevi. The hindwing pm area is not nearly as contrasting as in sinjaevi.


Winbrechlinia winbrechlini male

Winbrechlinia winbrechlini male

Winbrechlinia winbrechlini male

Winbrechlinia winbrechlini: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta: Municipio de Minco: Cerro Kennedy: San Lorenzo, Magdalena, Colombia;mfwl: 28-31mm 2525-2700m. Male: uniform rusty brown, with small diffuse black cell spot, inwardly bordered by paler, brighter, diffuse orange spot. Slightly darker pm line curves inward just above cell, lighter suffusion on pml's outer edge, most visible along curve to costa. Hw cell & pm line weakly defined. Post median area of all wings slightly darker, duller brown, lacking more reddish tones of basal & median areas.

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