Saturniidae de Argentina
(Prov. Jujuy-Ju,Salta-Sa,Tucuman-Tu,Mendoza-Me,Misiones-Mi,Corrientes-Co,Entre rios-ER,
Buenos Aires-BA,Santa Fe-SF,Cordoba-Cd,Santiago del Estero-SE,Rio Negro-RN,Formosa-FO
Chaco-Ch,Chubut-CH,La Rioja-LR,San Juan-SJ,San Luis-SL,
La Pampa-LP,Neuquen-Ne,Santa Cruz-SC,Tierra del Fuego-TF).
Superfamilia - Bombycoidea
Familia - Saturniidae
Subfamilia Hemileucinae
Tribus - Hemileucini
Polythysana rubescens (Blanchard,1852)
Adulto/Adult 33-54mm. Dist - Ch,Ne
Automeris coresus (Boisduval,1859)
Dist - BA Hospedadoras/Hostplants - Ligustrum
Automeris naranja (Schaus,1898)
Adulto/Adult - 33-54mm. Dist - Mi,ER,Co,BA. Hospedadoras/Hostplants - Ligustrum
Leucanella viridescens viridior (Lemaire,1973)
Adulto/Adult - 68-87mm. Dis - ER,BA HP - Ligustrum
Subfamilia Saturniinae
Tribus Attacini
Rothschildia jacobaea (Walker,1855)
Adulto/Adult - 15cm HP - Ligustrum Dis - Central & North Argentina
Rothschildia schreiteriana (Breyer & Orfila,1945)
Dis - Ch,Tu,LR,Sa HP - Ligustrum
Subfamilia Ceratocampinae
Eacles imperialis opaca (Burmeister, 1878)
Adulto - 80-130mm Dist - B.A. , Entre Rios
Larva was found on Fraxinus americana (Fresno) which is now a new host for this specie.
Other hosts - Ligustrum, Salix babylonica, Quercus robur, Prunus serotina, Erythrina
Citheronia brisotti meridionalis (Bouvier,1927)
Adulto/Adult - 13cm. Dis - ER,BA
Adeloneivaiva catharina (Bouvier,1927)
Adulto/Adult - 67mm. Dis - Mi.
Adeloneivaiva subangulata subangulata (Herrich-Schaeffer,1855)
Adulto/Adult - 84mm Dis - Mi.
Listo de Especies - Species list
Subfamilia - Arsenurinae
Tribus - Arsenurini
Arsenura armida (?)
Copiopteryx virgo (Zikan, 1929) Ju,Sa,SF
Dysdaemonia brasiliensis (?)
Dysdaemonia fosteri (W. Rothschild, 1906) Ju,Sa,Tu,LR
Paradaemonia thelia (Jordan, 1922) Mi
Subfamilia - Saturniinae
Tribus - Attacini
Rothschildia arethusa arethusa (Walker, 1855)
Rothschildia aurota speculifera (Walker, 1855)
Rothschildia condor (Staudinger, 1894)
Rothschildia hesperus lutea (Jordan, 1911)
Rothschildia hopfferi (C. & R. Felder, 1859)
Rothschildia jacobaeae (Walker, 1855)
Rothschildia maurus (Burmeister, 1879) Sa,Tu
Rothschildia schreiteriana (Breyer & Orfila, 1945) Ch,Tu,LR,Sa
Rothschildia tucumani (Dognin, 1901)
Tribus - Saturniini
Copaxa decrescens (Walker, 1855)
Copaxa flavina flavina (Draudt, 1929)
Copaxa flavina miranda (Lemaire, 1971)
Copaxa satellita (Walker, 1865)
Subfamilia - Ceratocampinae
Adeloneivaia catharina (Bouvier, 1927) Mi
Adeloneivaia sabulosa sabulosa (W. Rothschild, 1907)
Adeloneivaia subangulata subangulata (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1855) Mi
Ceratesa hemirhodia (W. Rothschild, 1907) Ju,(Tu,Sa?)
Citheronula armata sonyae (Breyer, 1957) Sa
Citheronia brissoti brissoti (?)
Citheronia brissoti meridionalis (Bouvier, 1927) BA,ER
Citheronia hamifera (W. Rothschild, 1907) Sa
Citheronia laocoon (Cramer, 1770) Mi,ER
Citheronia maureillei (?)
Citheronia vogleri (Weyenbergh, 1881) Cd,ER,(Mi?)
Eacles imperialis cacicus (Boisduval, 1868) Mi
Eacles imperialis opaca (Burmeister, 1878) BA,ER
Eacles imperialis tucumana (W. Rothschild, 1907) Tu,SE,LR
Giacomellia bilineata (Burmeister, 1878)
Giacomellia inversa (Giacomelli, 1911)
Microdulia mirabilis (Rothschild, 1895) Ne
Oiticella luteciae (Bouvier, 1924) Mi
Psilopygida crispula (Dognin, 1905)
Scolesa hypoxantha (W. Rothschild, 1907)
Syssphinx molina (Cramer, 1780)
Subfamilia - Hemileucinae
Tribus - Hemileucini
Adetomeris erythrops (Blanchard, 1852) Ne,RN,CH,SC
Automerina cypria (Gmelin, 1790) Tu,Sa,(Ju?)
Automeris amoena rotunda (Lemaire, 1971) Tu,(Sa,Ju?)
Automeris amanda tucumana (Bouvier, 1930) Tu,Sa,(Ju?)
Automeris coresus (Boisduval, 1859) BA
Automeris illustris (Walker, 1855) Mi
Automeris naranja (Schaus, 1898) BA,ER,Co,Mi
Automeris oberthurii (Boisduval, 1875) Tu,Sa,Cd,(Ca,SE?)
Automeris umbrosa umbrosa Sa,Tu
Cerodirphia vagans (Walker, 1855) Mi
Cinommata bistrigata (Butler, 1882) CH
Dirphia cadioui (Lemaire, 1980) Sa
Dirphia cochabambensis (?)
Dirphia moderata (Bouvier, 1929) Sa(Fo,Ch?)
Dirphia muscosa (Schaus, 1898) Mi
Dirphia ursina (Walker, 1855) Me,(SJ,LR,Ju,Ca,Sa?)
Dirphiopsis epiolina (R.Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
Dirphiopsis schreiteri (Schaus, 1925) Sa
Eubergia caisa (Berg, 1883) BA (probably to Misiones)
Eubergia radians (Dognin, 1911) Tu,SE,(Sa?)
Eudyaria venata (Butler, 1871) BA (to Mi?)
Eudyaria zeta (Berg, 1885) BA,ER,(to Mi?)
Gamelia catharina (Draudt, 1929) Mi
Heliconisa pagenstecheri (Geyer, 1835) BA
Hidripa ruscheweyhi (Berg, 1885) Tu,(Sa,Ju?)
Hidripa taglia (Schaus, 1896) Mi
Hylesia nigricans (Berg, 1875) BA,ER,Co,Mi
Hylesia subcottica (Lemaire, 2002) Tu (Sa,Ju,Fo,SE?)
Hyperchiria orodina (Schaus, 1900) Tu
Ithomisa kinkelini (Oberthur, 1881) BA (to Mi?)
Kentroleuca albilinea (Schaus, 1908)
Leucanella anikae (Meister and Brechlin ,2002)
Leucanella aspera (R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) Ju,Sa,Ca,LR,Tu,Ch,SE,Cd,SF,ER,LP
Leucanella aspera patagonica (Breyer, 1957) CH
Leucanella bivius (Bouvier, 1927)
Leucanella contempta contempta (Lemaire, 1967) Sa,(Ju?)
Leucanella lama (Berg, 1883) Sa,Tu,(Ju?)
Leucanella stuarti koehleri (Gemignani, 1931) Ju,Sa,Ca,Tu
Leucanella viridescens viridescens (Walker, 1855) Mi
Leucanella viridescens viridior (Lemaire, 1973) BA,ER
Molippa binasa (Schaus, 1924) Tu,Ca
Molippa convergens (Walker, 1855) Mi?
Molippa cruenta (Walker, 1855)
Molippa eophila (Dognin, 1919) Tu,ER,(SE,Fo,Ch,SF?)
Molippa simillima (Jones, 1907) Sa,Tu
Molippa strigosa (Maasen & Weyding, 1885) Mi
Molippa superba superba (Burmeister, 1878)
Neorcarnegia basirei (Schaus, 1892) Mi
Ormiscodes amphinome (Fabricius, 1775) Ne,RN,CH,TF
Ormiscodes amphinome lauta (Berg, 1881) RN,Ne
Ormiscodes nigrolutea (Bouvier, 1924) Ne (Endemic to Pategonian area)
Ormiscodes bruchi (Kohler, 1930) SC
Ormiscodes cinnamomea (Feisthamel, 1839) Ne,RN,CH
Ormiscodes cognata (Philippi, 1859) Ne,RN,CH,TF,(SC?)
Ormiscodes nigrosignata (Philippi, 1859) Ne
Ormiscodes schmidtnielseni (Lemaire, 1985) Ne,RN
Polythysana rubrescens (Blanchard, 1852) Ne,CH,(RN?)
Pseudautomeris grammivora (Jones, 1908) BA
Pseudautomeris hubneri (Boisduval, 1875) Mi
Pseudautomeris luteata (Walker, 1865)