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
| | Family | Saturniidae
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, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Antarctia Hübner, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Arsenura Duncan, 2010 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Automerella Michener, 1949 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Automeris Hübner, 1906 | Eyed Silkmoths | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Catharisa Jordan, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Citheronia Hübner, 1881 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dysdaemonia Hübner, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eacles Hübner, 1855 | Imperial Moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Eudyaria Dyar, 1871 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Giacomellia Bouvier, 1878 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lonomia Walker, 2011 | Giant Silkworm Moth | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neorcarnegia Draudt, 1892 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Orthogonioptilum Karsch, 1990 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Periga Walker, 0 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Psilopygida Michener, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ptiloscola Michener, 1949 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rothschildia Grote, 1880 | | 4 | Species | Taxom |
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, 1773 | Imperial 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
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