NOTES ON SOME SATURNIIDS FROM THE PROVINCE OF MISIONES, ARGENTINA, INCLUDING SEVERAL NEW RECORDS FOR THIS COUNTRY (LEPIDOPTERA, SATURNIIDAE)
Distributional records for some Saturniid taxa from the province of Misiones, NE Argentina, are given. The following species are reported for the first time for Argentina: <em>Arsenura</em> <em>orbignyana</em> (Guérin-Méneville, [1844]), <em>Dysdaemonia</em> <...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2008-04-01
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| Series: | Fragmenta entomologica |
| Online Access: | http://www.fragmentaentomol.org/index.php/fragmenta/article/view/112 |
| Summary: | Distributional records for some Saturniid taxa from the province of Misiones, NE Argentina, are given. The following species are reported for the first time for Argentina: <em>Arsenura</em> <em>orbignyana</em> (Guérin-Méneville, [1844]), <em>Dysdaemonia</em> <em>brasiliensis</em> Rothschild, 1907, <em>Adeloneivaia</em> <em>s. subangulata</em> (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855), <em>Adeloneivaia</em> <em>catharina</em> (Bouvier, 1927), <em>Adeloneivaia fallax</em> (Boisduval, 1872), <em>Adelowalkeria tristygma</em> (Boisduval, 1872), <em>Scolesa</em> <em>viettei</em> Travassos, 1959, <em>Citioica</em> <em>anthonilis</em> (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854), <em>Oiticella</em> <em>convergens</em> (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855), <em>Ptiloscola</em> <em>cinerea</em> (Schaus, 1900), <em>Lonomia</em> <em>obliqua</em> Walker, 1855, <em>Leucanella</em> <em>memusae gardineri</em> Lemaire, 1973 and <em>Molippa sabina</em> Walker, 1855. Some notes on Automeris illustris and <em>Automeris</em> <em>amoena</em> are given with particular reference to their distribution, variability and identification. |
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| ISSN: | 0429-288X 2284-4880 |