Checklist of Family Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837 (And Giant Silk Moths)
for Venezuela (Northern South America)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 514
6360
16212 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 512
6356
16208 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 486
6227
15868 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 306
4996
13412 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 64
1582
3952 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 64
1582
3952 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 63
1580
3949 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 25
1108
3002 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 21
1018
2840 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 5
77
251 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Saturniidae
Boisduval, 1837
And Giant Silk Moths, Emperor, Emperor Moths, Moon, Royal | 30
67 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Venezuela
30 Genera with 67 Species
| Adelocephala Duponchel, 1927 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Adeloneivaia Travassos, 1855 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Arsenura Duncan, 1779 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Automeris Hübner, 1886 | Eyed Silkmoths | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Catacantha Bouvier, 1930 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cerodirphia Michener, 1930 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Citheronia Hübner, 1907 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Citioica Travassos & ..., 1854 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Copaxa Walker, 1874 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Copiopteryx Duncan & Wes..., 1905 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Dirphia Hübner, 1780 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eacles Hübner, 1775 | Imperial Moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Epiphora Wallengren, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gamelia Hübner, 1862 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hirpida Draudt, 1929 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hylesia Hübner, 1913 | | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Hyperchiria Hübner, 1875 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Leucanella Lemaire, 1966 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lobobunaea Packard, 1849 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lonomia Walker, 1971 | Giant Silkworm Moth | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Molippa Walker, 1885 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Othorene Boisduval, 1872 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxytenis Hübner, 1780 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Periga Walker, 1985 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudautomeris Lemaire, 1777 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudodirphia Bouvier, 1782 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ptiloscola Michener, 1949 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rothschildia Grote, 1971 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Samia Hübner, 1773 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Syssphinx Hübner, 1867 | | 3 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Venezuela
67 Species and 2 Subspecies | Adelocephala bellardi Schaus, 1928 | | | Adelocephala hovata Bouvier, 1927 | | | Adeloneivaia acuta Schaus, 1896 | | | Adeloneivaia subangulata Herrich-Schä..., 1855 | | | Arsenura armida Cramer, 1779 | Giant Silk Moth | | Arsenura sylla Cramer, 1779 | | | Automeris banus Boisduval, 1875 | | | Automeris dagmarae Brechlin & M..., 2011 | | | Automeris excreta Draudt, 1929 | | | Automeris hamata Schaus, 1906 | | | Automeris incarnata Walker, 1865 | | | Automeris larra Walker, 1855 | | | Automeris liberia Cramer, 1780 | | | Automeris meridiana Schaus, 1906 | | | Automeris meridionalis Bouvier, 1934 | | | Automeris metzli Sallé, 1853 | | | Automeris praemargaritae Lemaire, 2002 | | | Automeris vomona Schaus, 1906 | | | Automeris zurobara Druce, 1886 | | | Cerodirphia avenata Max Wilhelm ..., 1930 | | | Citheronia aroa Schaus, 1896 | | | Citheronia hamifera Rothschild, 1907 | | | Citioica anthonilis (Herrich-Schä..., 1854) | ⇒ Citioica guayensis Brechlin & M..., 2011 | | Copaxa semioculata C. & R. Felder, 1874 | | | Copiopteryx derceto Maassen, 1872 | | | Copiopteryx semiramis Cramer, 1779 | | | Copiopteryx sonthonnaxi André, 1905 | | | Dirphia avia Stoll, 1780 | | | Eacles imperialis Drury, 1773 | Imperial moth | | Eacles penelope Cramer, 1775 | | | Epiphora pelosoma Rothschild, 1907 | | | Gamelia rubriluna Walker, 1862 | | | Hylesia andrei Dognin, 1923 | | | Hylesia caripitox Orfila, 1952 | | | Hylesia cedomnibus Dyar, 1913 | | | Hylesia coex Dyar, 1913 | | | Hylesia composita Dognin, 1912 | | | Hylesia index Dyar, 1913 | | | Hylesia lolamex Dyar, 1913 | | | Hylesia metabus Cramer, 1775 | Ashen moth | | Hylesia mortifex Dyar, 1913 | | | Hylesia pollex Dyar, 1913 | | | Hylesia schausi Dyar, 1913 | | | Hylesia tapabex Dyar, 1913 | | | Hyperchiria carabobensis Brechlin & M..., 2010 | | | Hyperchiria nausica Cramer, 1779 | | | Hyperchiria orodes Boisduval, 1875 | | | Leucanella contempta Lemaire, 1966 | | | Lobobunaea acetes Westwood, 1849 | | | Lonomia achelous Cramer, 1777 | | | Lonomia camox Lemaire, 1971 | | | Lonomia pseudobliqua Lemaire, 1973 | | | Lonomia venezuelensis Lemaire, 1971 | | | Molippa nibasa Maassen & We..., 1885 | | | Oxytenis modestia Cramer, 1780 | Tropical American Silkworm Moth | | Periga aurantiaca Lemaire, 1971 | | | Periga cynira Cramer, 1777 | | | Periga rasplusi Lemaire, 1985 | | | Pseudautomeris salmonea Cramer, 1777 | | | Pseudodirphia eumedide Stoll, 1782 | | | Rothschildia aurota Cramer, 1775 | | | Rothschildia aurota aurota Cramer, 1775 | | | Rothschildia erycina erycina Shaw, 1795 | | | Rothschildia hesperus Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Rothschildia paucidentata C. Lemaire, 1971 | | | Samia cynthia Drury, 1773 | Ailanthus silk moth | | Syssphinx molina Cramer, 1780 | | | Syssphinx quadrilineata Grote & Robi..., 1867 | |
Subnodes of Saturniidae with occurrences in Venezuela
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