Descriptionsof thefemalesof Catacanthaoculata (Schaus) andDirphia riograndensis C. Mielke & Moser and a taxonomic note about Eacles guinlei Oiticica Filho (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae, Ceratocampinae, Hemileucinae).
Author
Bonatto, Leonardo D.
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Graduate Program in Materials Science and Engineering (PPGMAT), Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Caixa Postal 1352, 95.020 - 972, Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil. leodbonatto @ hotmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2524 - 9913
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Author
Mielke, Carlos G. C.
0000-0003-0091-0840
Caixa postal 1206, 84.145 - 000 Carambeí, Paraná, Brazil. Research Associate, McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA. cmielke 1 @ uol. com. br; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0091 - 0840
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Catacantha oculata
(
Schaus, 1921
)
Figs 1a–b, 2a–b, 3
;
12
(map)
Diagnosis.
Male
(
Figs 2a–b, 3
), see also
Lemaire (2002: 156
, Pl. 13,
Figs 2–3
(♁)): as stated by
Lemaire (2002)
,
C. oculata
can be distinguished by the most similar species,
C. ferruginea
(
Draudt, 1929
)
, by the dorsal yellow groundcolour on both fore- and hindwings and attributes in the genitalia. The basal portion of the HW is slightly darker in fresh specimens. Males of
C. ferruginea
bear a light brown to brown ground colour on the FW and reddish-brown to yellowish-brown on the HW (
Figs 5a, 6
). Ventrally both species are similar (
Figs 2b, 5b
).
Female
(
Figs 1a–b
): wingspan
45 mm
, forewing length
26 mm
. The unique known female of
C. oculata
bears a yellowish-brown groundcolour of the FW and its postmedian area is monotonous, while in
C. ferruginea
the groundcolour of the FW is reddish-brown and the distal portion of its postmedian area is of light greyish-brown (
Figs 4a
). Ventrally,
C. oculata
(
Fig. 1b
) is lighter than
C. ferruginea
(
Fig. 4b
).
Examined material
(in total 40 ♁,
1 ♀
).
All
Brazil
.
Minas Gerais
.
Itamonte
, Campo Redondo,
1400 m
: 1 ♁,
8–11.I.2021
, A. Rosa leg. (DZUP).
Marmelópolis
, Marins,
1519 m
: 9 ♁,
28.XII.1987
, C. Mielke & E. Joerke leg. (CGCM 35.785, 38.531, 38.993, 39.002, 39.050, 39.109, 39.190, 39.385, 39.520; CGCM).
Delfim Moreira
, Barreira,
1700 m
: 1 ♁,
12.I.1988
, C. Mielke leg. (CGCM 35.563; CGCM).
Rio de Janeiro
.
Macaé de Cima
: 1 ♁,
XI.2003
, Grossi leg. (CGCM 8.951; CGCM).
Nova Friburgo
, Mury,
1100 m
: 1 ♁,
22.I.1990
, R. Koike leg. (CGCM 44.583; CGCM).
Itatiaia
,
1300 m
: 1 ♁,
10.X.1950
, Travassos, Albuquerque & Pearson leg. (BC-MNHM0310; MNHN).
Itatiaia
: 4 ♁ (CEIOC (
Miranda
et al
. 2015
)).
São Paulo
.
São José
do Barreiro
, Bocaina,
1500 m
: 1 ♁,
2–6.I.1996
, C. Mielke leg. (CGCM 31.419; CGCM); 5 ♁,
7–10.II.1996
, C. Mielke leg. (CGCM 31.441, 31.554, 31.596, 31.701, 31.843; CGCM).
Piquete
, Barreira de Piquete,
1464 m
: 7 ♁,
26.XII.1999
, C. Mielke leg. (CGCM 10.666, 38.403, 39.039, 39.144, 39.149, 39.822, 39.995; CGCM); 4 ♁,
1 ♀
,
12.I.1998
, C. Mielke leg. (CGCM
35.218
,
35.268
(
♀
), 35.433, 35.516, 35.656; CGCM).
Campos do Jordão
, Lavrinhas,
1900 m
: 1 ♁,
31.X.1990
, R. Koike leg. (CGCM 42.094; CGCM). Salesópolis, Boraceia,
800 m
: 1 ♁,
12–17.I.1948
, L. Travassos & D. Braz leg. (MZSP 23869; MZSP) (Albertoni
et al
. 2018).
São Paulo
: 1 ♁,
X.1957
, Diringshofen leg. (MZSP 23868; MZSP).
Santo André
, Paranapiacaba,
1100 m
: 2 ♁,
26.XII.2021
, R. Koike leg. (DZUP).
Remarks.
Lemaire (2002)
described the female of
Catacantha oculata
for the first time, but he did not figure it. He seemed to be correct about the figure (a drawing) of the female of
C. ferruginea
identified as
Ancistrota plagia
Ḩbner by
Draudt (1929)
. Unfortunately,
Lemaire (2002)
did not mention the depository of the putative female of
C. oculata
, so we could not trace it.
Catacantha oculata
is a common species, especially at higher altitudes, throughout the Mantiqueira Mountains to the south around
São Paulo
city, during the early summer at altitudes ranging from
800 to 1800 m
. The forewing ornamentation in males varies, especially in the size of the stigma.
One record of
C. oculata
from
Argentina
(
Borquez & Penco 2012
) and one from
Rio Grande do Sul
,
Brazil
(
Corseuil
et al
. 2002
) are attributed to lighter specimens of
C
.
ferruginea
or an undescribed species. Another record from
Argentina
mentioned by
Zapata
et al
. (2016)
could likely be misidentified as well.