Updated as per personal communication with Manual Balcazar-Lara
Updated as per Lemaire's Arsenurinae, Attacinae, Ceratompinae, Hemileucinae
Updated as per Witt Museum Lists
Updated as per Global Mirror System of DNA Barcoding Analysis (locations and dates of BOLD submissions, new species), January, 2012
new species indicated by Mi for Mirror System or B&M for brechlin and Meister

Saturniidae of Mexico

Agapema dentifasciata male courtesy of Kirby Wolfe.

This checklist is a compilation from an article sent to me by Manuel A. Balcazar Lara and the data from Lemaire's Hemileucinae: 2002, Arsenurinae: 1980, Attacinae: 1978

Those species listed by Lemaire are followed by a *. Those added by Manuel A. Balcazar Lara are followed by MBL. All of the Ceratocampinae and Hemileucinae are from Dr. Balcazar-Lara's lists.

As a result of DNA barcoding analysis, many new Saturniidae species were described by Brechlin and Meister and others, especially in 2010 and 2011. Many of the new names with data are published on the Global Mirror System of DNA Barcoding Analysis website. I indicate those additions with Mi for Mirror website or B&M for Brechlin and Meisters.

I have ordered the Entomo Satsphingia journals (2010-2011) from Frank Meister, and I will do further updates on the new species files when I receive the journals.

I will not be posting the images from the journals, but will use the images to post my own descriptions and will use the journal images to identify and post images that WLSS and others send to me. It is my hope that in the next several years I will be able to update most of the new species files with digital images. Your assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Bill Oehlke

OXYTENINAE

Oxytenia beprea MBL
Oxytenia modestia MBL

ARSENURINAE

Arsenura arianae Mi
Arsenura armida *
Arsenura polyodonta *


Caio championi *
Caio chiapasiana JK
Caio hidalgensis
Caio richardsoni *
Caio witti Mi

Copiopteryx s. banghaasi *
Dysdaemonia boreas *
Paradaemonia winbrechlini
Rhescyntis hippodamia norax *
Titaea tamerlan nobilis *

SATURNIINAE: ATTACINI

Eupackardia calleta *

Hyalophora cecropia *
H. columbia gloveri MBL
H. euryalus euryalus *
H. e. cedrosensis MBL
Hyalophora mexicana

Rothschildia anikae Mi
R. cincta cincta *
R. c. guerreronis *; en
R. erycina mexicana *
R. jorula jorulla *; en
R. jorulla lichtenba *; en
Rothschildia lebeau aroma *
Rothschildia lebeau forbesi *

Rothschildia lebeau yucatana *
Rothschildia orizaba orizaba *
R. orizaba oroaxacana
Rothschildia sandimasiana
R. orizaba uruapana *; en
Rothschildia peggyae
Rothschildia roxana *
Rothschildia winbrechlini

SATURNIINAE: SATURNIINI

Actias luna * ?
Actias truncatipennis *

Agapema anona anona *
Agapema dyari MBL
A. dentifasciata en; *
Agapema galbina *
Agapema homogena *
Agapema pelora en; *
Agapema platensis en; MBL


Antheraea godmani *
Antheraea montezuma *
Antheraea oculea *
A. mexicana *
A. p. tuxtlasensis en; *

Copaxa copaxoides *; en
Copaxa cydippe *; en
Copaxa denda *; en
Copaxa escalantei *
Copaxa garciorum UK
Copaxa lavendera *
Cop. lavenderohidalgensis Mi
Cop. lavenderojaliscensis Mi
Copaxa mannana *; en

Copaxa mazaorum *; en
Copaxa muellerana *; en
Copaxa multifenestrata *
Copaxa pararufinans Mi
Cop. parvohidalgensis Mi
Copaxa rufa
Cop. rufijaliscensis Mi
Copaxa rufinans *
Copaxa rufimichoacanensis Mi
Copaxa wernermeisteri Mi
Copaxa sophronia * ?

Calosat. albofasciata MBL
Calosat. walterorum MBL

CERATOCAMPINAE

Adeloneivaia irrorata *
Adeloneivaia isara *
Adeloneivaia jason jason *
Adeloneivaia wellingi *

Anisota assimilis *
Anisota disjaliscana ESs
Anisota dismexicana ESs
Anisota dissimilis *
Anisota kendallorum *
Anisota oslari *
Anisota punctata *
Anisota Anisota suprema ESs


Eacles imperialis oslari

Citheronia azteca azteca *
Citheronia azteca albescens *
Citheronia beledonon *
Citheronia lobesis jordani * en
Citheronia mexicana *
C. pseudomexicana *; en
C. splendens queretana *; en
Citheronia s. sinaloensis *
Citheronia s. splendens *; en

Citheronioides collaris *

Citioica anthonilis *

Eacles imperialis decoris *
Eacles imperialis oslari *
E. imperialis quintanensis *
Eacles masoni masoni *
Eacles ormondei ormondei *
E. ormondei yucatanensis *

Othorene purpurascens *
Othorene v. verana *
Oth. v. potosiana ESs
Oth. v. sonorensis ESs

Ptiloscola dargei *
Ptiloscola surrotunda *
Ptiloscola wellingi *

Syssphinx albolineata *
Syssphinx bicolor *
Syssphinx blanchardi *
Syssphinx colla colla *
Syssphinx colla grisea MBL
Syssphinx colloida *
Syssphinx delmaiziana ESs
Syssphinx digueti *
Syssphinx gomezi *
Syssphinx hectori ESs
Syssphinx heiligbrodti *
Syssphinx hubbardi *
Syssphinx malinalcoensis *
Syssphinx mexicana *
Syssphinx modena *
Syssphinx modmexicana ESs
Syssphinx molina *
Syssphinx montana *
Syssphinx pescadori *
Syssphinx q. quadrilineata *
Syssphinx raspa *
Syssphinx tamaulipasiana ESs
Syssphinx yucatana *

HEMILEUCINAE

Automeris ahuitzotli
Automeris altapazia
Automeris anika
Automeris averna
Automeris banus banus
Automeris belti belti
Automeris beutelspacheri
Automeris boudinotiana
Automeris cecrojaliscensis Mi
Automeris c. cecrops
Automeris c. pamina
Aut. chrisbrechlinianae Mi
Aut. chrismeisterae Mi
Automeris colenon
Automeris dandemon
Automeris daudiana
Automeris eogena
Automeris escalantei
Automeris excreta
Automeris frankae Mi
Automeris hagena ??
Automeris hamata
Automeris hebe
Automeris io
Automeris io draudtiana
Automeris io potosiana
Automeris iris hesselorum
Automeris iris iris
Automeris jalishena Mi
Automeris juarezia Mi
Automeris knorkeorum Mi
Automeris lauta
Automeris lemairei
Automeris macphaili
Automeris maeonia adusta
Automeris maeonia maeonia
Automeris manantlanensis
Automeris melmon
Automeris metzli
Automeris michoacana
Automeris mixthena
Automeris moloneyi
Automeris montezuma
Automeris oaxacensis
Automeris oaxhena
Automeris occidentalis
Automeris pallidior
Automeris peigleri
Automeris pueblensis
Automeris randa
Automeris salkorum Mi
Automeris stacieae
Automeris tamaulipasiana
Automeris tridens
Automeris wenczeli
Automeris wernermeisteri Mi
Automeris windiana
Automeris witti Mi
Automeris zozine
Automeris zurobara

Cerodirphia wellingi

Coloradia casanovai
Coloradia doris
Coloradia euphrosyne
Coloradia guerreronia Mi
Coloradia hectori
Coloradia hoffmanni
Coloradia jaliscensis Mi
Coloradia luski
Coloradia oaxacensis Mi
Coloradia ocambensis
Coloradia pandora davisi
Coloradia pandora lindseyi
Coloradia peggyae
Coloradia prchali
Coloradia smithi
Coloradia vazquezae

Dirphiella albofasciata
Dirphiella pseudotaylori
Dirphiella taylori

Dirphiopsis wolfei

Gamelia musta

Hemileuca dyari
Hemileuca electra rubra
Hemileuca hualapai
Hemileuca juno
Hemileuca lares
Hemileuca lex
Hemileuca mania
Hemileuca marillia
Hemileuca mexicana
Hemileuca tricolor
Hemileuca numa
Hemileuca peninsularis
Hemileuca rubridorsa
Hemileuca sororia
Hemileuca stonei
Hemileuca tricolor

Hylesia acuta
Hylesia coinopus
Hylesia colimatifex
Hylesia continua alinda
Hylesia continua continua
Hylesia cressida
Hylesia dalina

Hylesia frigida
Hylesia gamelioides
Hylesia hubbelli
Hylesia ileana
Hylesia iola
Hylesia lineata
Hylesia peigleri
Hylesia subaurea
Hylesia tinturex
Hylesia umbratula

Hyperchiria nausica

Lemaireodirphia albida
Lemaireodirphia centralis
Lemaireodirphia chiapasiana
Lemaireodirphia fusca
Lemaireodirphia guerreroiana
Lemaireodirphia knorkei
Lemaireodirphia hoegei
Lemaireodirphia lasiocampina
Lemaireodirphia oaxacana
Lemaireodirphia rosivora
Lemaireodirphia rubra
Lemaireodirphia transversaria

Leucanella acutissima
Leucanella contempta windi
Leucanella fusca
Leucanella leucane
Leucanella muelleri
Leucanella saturata

Lonomia electra
Lonomia luteomexicana B&M
Lonomia mexilectra B&M
L. mexilectra mexpueblensis
L. quint. quintanarooensis
L. quint. quinchiapasiana
Lonomia yucatensis B&M

Manodirphia manes

Molippa nibasa
Molippa ninfa
Molippa ninfaustralica ESs
Molippa rosea

Paradirphia andrei Mi
Paradirphia boudinoti
Paradirphia citrina
Paradirphia coprea
Paradirphia fumosa
Paradirphia hoegei
Paradirphia ibarrai
Paradirphia lasiocampina
Paradirphia michoacana
Paradirphia semirosea
Paradirphia valverdei

Periphoba albata
Periphoba arcaei
Periphoba hidalgensis
Periphoba rosacea
Periphoba unicolor

Pseudodirphia mexaustralica
Pseudodirphia mexicana