@article {22712, title = {Notes on the immature stages of Almeidella corrupta (Schaus, 1913) (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae, Ceratocampinae)}, journal = {Tropical Lepidoptera Research}, volume = {32}, year = {2022}, month = {10/2022}, pages = {79-86}, chapter = {79}, abstract = {

\"The immature stages of the wild silk moth genus Almeidella Oiticica Filho (Saturniidae: Ceratocampinae) are illustrated, along with information pertaining to the life history, including host plants in captivity and in nature, for the first time. We reared A. corrupta (Schaus) from eggs obtained from a female collected in Para\íso do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. This location is the farthest west Almeidella has ever been reported in Rio Grande do Sul. An additional larva of Almeidella, preliminarily identified as A. corrupta, from Pedro Leopoldo, Minas Gerais, Brazil is figured along with its natural host plant, Anadenanthera peregrina. Both the captive host plants and the natural host plant belong to Fabaceae, a common host family for a wide range of Ceratocampinae species. General morphology is typical of Ceratocampinae, with silver, reflective scoli; we observed two color forms of the larvae: red and green.\"

}, keywords = {ALMEIDIELLA, BRAZIL, FOODPLANT, IMMATURE STAGES, LIFE HISTORY, SATURNIIDAE, SCOLI}, issn = {2575-9256}, doi = {10.5281/zenodo.7246167}, author = {St Laurent, R.A. and Carvalho, A.P.S. and Romanowski, H.P.} } @article {22373, title = {The Bombycoidea and Mimallonoidea (Lepidoptera) of a research station in the grasslands of Southern Brazil}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {5048}, year = {2021}, month = {10/2021}, pages = {118-126}, chapter = {118}, abstract = {

\"We report the Bombycoidea and Mimallonoidea (Lepidoptera) observed at the the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul\’s (UFRGS) Agronomic Research Station in Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil from September 7th to November 6th, 2018. This research station is situated in the Campos Sulinos (southern Brazilian grasslands) environment. As part of our inventory, we report the following Bombycoidea: 29 species of Sphingidae, 26 species of Saturniidae, at least seven species of Apatelodidae, and at least four species of Bombycidae. Within Mimallonidae we recorded eight species. New state records include the following Sphingidae: Xylophanes alineae, X. crenulata, and Perigonia stulta; and Mimallonidae: Mimallo grisea and the genus Menevia. Our study represents the first inventory of moths from this location and one of the few from the Campos Sulinos more broadly.\"

}, keywords = {APATELODIDAE, BOMBYCIDAE, BRAZIL, CAMPOS SULINOS, CHECKLIST, MENEVIA, MIMALLO, MIMALLONIDAE, ORECTA, PERIGONIA, SATURNIIDAE, SPHINGIDAE, WORLDMAP1, XYLOPHANES}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.5048.1.6}, url = {https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5048.1.6}, author = {Carvalho, A.P.S. and St Laurent, R.A. and Romanowski, H.P.} } @article {21971, title = {Two New Species of Psychocampa and a Possible Case of Visual Mimicry in the Sack-Bearer Moths (Lepidoptera: Mimallonoidea)}, journal = {Insect Systematics and Diversity}, volume = {3}, year = {2019}, month = {04/2019}, pages = {3 [9 pp.]}, chapter = {3}, abstract = {

\"Within the Lepidoptera, diurnal adult behavior is more often associated with butterflies than moths. However, many moth species are also known to have adults that fly during the day, and the lack of diel activity data for moths can be attributed to limited natural history observations. Moths belonging to Mimallonidae Burmeister are one such example of a family of Lepidoptera for which very little is known about adult activity times, with literature reports of only two of the nearly 300 described species known to exhibit diurnal behavior. In the present study, two new species of black and white Psychocampa Grote \& Robinson are described: P. aello St Laurent, sp. n. from Colombia and P. celaeno St Laurent, sp. n. from Panama. We hypothesize that these two species are diurnal due to their rarity in collections and apparent similarity in appearance with diurnal sphingid hawkmoths of the genus Aellopos H\übner (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) and certain Hymenoptera. Psychocampa funebris (Schaus) is the species most similar to the two new species described here, it is known from Argentina, southeastern Brazil, and Uruguay whereas the new species are from Panama and western Colombia. Psychocampa funebris is known to be diurnal, and therefore, it is likely that the two new, apparently related species described herein, are also diurnal. Considering the hypothesized diurnal behavior of the new species, and their unique coloring and patterning, we believe this to be the first documentation of potential adult mimicry in Mimallonidae.\"

}, keywords = {AELLOPOS, COLOMBIA, MIMALLONIDAE, MIMICRY, PANAMA, PSYCHOCAMPA, SPHINGIDAE}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixz003}, author = {St. Laurent, R. and Carvalho, A.P.S. and Kawahara, A.Y.} }