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Checklist of Family Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837 (And Giant Silk Moths)
for Paraguay (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
403
4043
8341
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
402
4042
8340
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
385
3982
8220
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
250
3204
6812
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
45
710
1280
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
45
710
1280
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
44
708
1278
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
18
503
933
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
15
475
899
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx
3
59
135
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySaturniidae
Boisduval, 1837
And Giant Silk Moths, Emperor, Emperor Moths, Moon, Royal
18
27
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Paraguay
18 Genera with 27 Species
Adelowalkeria Travassos, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Antarctia Hübner, 01SpeciesTaxom
Arsenura Duncan, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Automerella Michener, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Automeris Hübner, 1906Eyed Silkmoths7SpeciesTaxom
Catharisa Jordan, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Citheronia Hübner, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Dysdaemonia Hübner, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Eacles Hübner, 1855Imperial Moths2SpeciesTaxom
Eudyaria Dyar, 18712SpeciesTaxom
Giacomellia Bouvier, 18782SpeciesTaxom
Lonomia Walker, 2011Giant Silkworm Moth1SpeciesTaxom
Neorcarnegia Draudt, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Orthogonioptilum Karsch, 19902SpeciesTaxom
Periga Walker, 02SpeciesTaxom
Psilopygida Michener, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Ptiloscola Michener, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Rothschildia Grote, 18804SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Paraguay
27 Species and 2 Subspecies
Adelowalkeria flavosignata (Walker, 1865)⇒ Adelowalkeria siriae Brechlin & M..., 2011
Antarctia emerita
Arsenura paraorbignyana Brechlin & M..., 2010
Automeris bilinea Walker, 1855
Automeris coresus Boisduval, 1859
Automeris illustris Walker, 1855
Automeris larra larra
Automeris naranja Schaus, 1898
Automeris ovalina Conte, 1906
Catharisa cerina Jordan, 1911
Citheronia vogleri Weyenbergh, 1881
Dysdaemonia boreas Cramer, 1775
Eacles imperialis Drury, 1773Imperial moth
Eacles magnifica (Walker, 1855)⇒ Eacles imperialis Drury, 1773
Eudyaria sigridae Mielke & Dre..., 2009
Eudyaria venata Butler, 1871
Giacomellia bilineata Burmeister, 1878
Lonomia parobliqua Brechlin , M..., 2011
Neorcarnegia basirei Schaus, 1892
Orthogonioptilum hodeberti Darge, 1988
Orthogonioptilum kivuensis Bouyer, 1990
Periga drechseli
Psilopygida crispula Dognin, 1905
Rothschildia arethusa Walker, 1855
Rothschildia aurota speculifera Walker, 1855
Rothschildia jacobaeae Walker, 1855
Rothschildia maurus Burmeister, 1880

Subnodes of Saturniidae with occurrences in Paraguay
SubfamilyArsenurinae
Jordan, 1922
2
2
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCeratocampinae
Harris, 1833
Royal Moths
2
3
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCercophaninae
Jordan, 1924
5
4
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyHemileucinae
Walker, 1855
Buck and Io Moths
7
12
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilySaturniinae
Boisduval, 1837
Giant Silkworm Moths, Silkmoths
2
6
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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