MOTHS OF BELIZE
SPECIES LISTS BY FAMILY
20. Notodontidae
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The Notodontidae are a very prominent part of the capture at any moth
light in Belize. Even though the family contains only some 3,200 medium-sized
species worldwide, by far the largest number of these are found in the New World
Tropics. Notodontids - like Noctuids - are generally sombre grey or brown
in appearance with long, tapered wings. However, the abdomens of Notodontids
tend to be longer in proportion to wing size than in Noctuids.
Many Notodontids continue the forewing pattern onto the front edge of the
hindwing, which is not covered by the forewing at rest. Notodontids are
technically separated as a 'natural' grouping of truly related species
by their possession of serrated edges on the tips of the tibial spurs,
among other features.
There has been no modern review
of the species of this group, except in part, since the work of Draudt
in Seitz (1925), and Gaede (1934), although Miller (1991) analyses
the overall generic and higher classification of the group.
Several 'subfamilies' (such as the Doinae and
Dioptinae) are elevated to families in their own right
by some authors (as I have done here) and other subfamilies have historically
been moved into and
out of completely different families such as the Arctiidae. I lump
all of the Notodontid 'subfamilies' (except the distinctive Doidae and Dioptidae)
together
for the present. The
Notodontidae are one of the least well-known macromoth families of the neotropics
and I am grateful to Dr. Paul Thiacourt of Paris, the world's foremost
living expert on this family in the new world, for his comments on many
of my specimens (the many remaining errors are mine and not his!)
I have taken about 150 species of this subfamily in Belize so far, of which 70
identified species are listed below in no particular order -
please click on any underlined species names to go to a colour
illustration of the adult
(and sometimes its genitalia) and brief information on
the species.
The genus Bardaxima
Bardaxima lucilinea Walker 1858
The genus Hemiceras
Hemiceras alba Walker 1865
Hemiceras micans Schaus 1906
Hemiceras muscosa Schaus 1906
Hemiceras sparsipennis Walker 1857
Hemiceras vecina Schaus 1915
The genus Apela
Apela dubiosa Thiacourt 1988
Apela neobule Druce 1905
The genus Cerura
Cerura dandon Druce 1894
Cerura rarata Walker 1865
The genus Pentobesa
Pentobesa valta Schaus 1901
The genus Calledema
Calledema argenta Schaus 1905
The genus Eunystalea
Eunystalea ebalea Cramer 1781
The genus Nystalea
Nystalea collaris Schaus 1910
Nystalea superciliosa Guenee 1852
Nystalea ocellata Rothschild 1917
Nystalea lineiplena Walker 1857
Nystalea nr. striata Schaus 1910
Nystalea nyseus Cramer1775
Nystalea postpuncta Schaus 1920
The genus Disphragis
Disphragis remuria Druce 1898
Disphragis livida Schaus 1911
Disphragis sp. atrax group
Disphragis sp. gravis group
The genus Lepasta
Lepasta bractea Felder 1874
Lepasta grammodes Felder 1874
The genus Strophocerus
Strophocerus rectilinea Dognin 1908
Strophocerus albonotatus Druce 1909
The genus Elasmia
Elasmia astuta Schaus 1894
Elasmia pronax Dognin 1908
The genus Elymiotis
Elymiotis lignicolor Moschler 1877
The genus Farigia
Farigia sp. nr. magniplaga Schaus
The genus Dasylophia
Dasylophia guarana ? Schaus 1892
The genus Marthula
Marthula rufescens Schaus 1910
Marthula cynrica Schaus 1928
The genus Drugera
Drugera morona Druce 1898
The genus Ankale
Ankale maltha Schaus 1906
The genus Crinodes
Crinodes schausi Rothschild (form intermedia Draudt 1933)
Crinodes guatemalena Druce 1887
The genus Lirimiris
Lirimiris meridionalisSchaus 1904
Lirimiris gigantea Herrich-Schaeffer (complex)
Lirimiris lignitecta Walker 1865 or auriflua Draudt 1932
The genus Canodia
Canodia difformis Herrich-Schaeffer 1854
The genus Malocampa
Malocampa punctata Cramer 1782 (form illimis Draudt 1932)
Malocampa albolineata Druce1887
Malocampa puella Dyar 1908
Malocampa sida Schaus1901
Malocampa sorax Schaus 1906
The genus Eragisa
Eragisa sabulosa Schaus 1904
The genus Sericochroa
Sericochroa luculenta Schaus 1907
Sericochroa arecosa Druce 1898
The genus Rifargia
Rifargia causia Schaus 1892
Rifargia demissa Schaus 1906
Rifargia gelduba Schaus 1892
Rifargia felderi Schaus 1901
Rifargia onerosa Schaus 1906
Rifargia distinguenda Walker 1856
Rifargia astuta Rothschild
The genus Rhuda
Rhuda difficilis Schaus 1911
The genus Colax
Colax phocus Schaus 1892
The genus Hapigia
Hapigia simplex Walker 1865
Hapigia dorema Schaus 1922
Hapigia jeturna Cramer
Hapigia repandens Schaus 1906
The genus Hapigiodes
Hapigiodes fredericka Dyar 1911
Hapigiodes xolotl Schaus 1892
The genus Chliara
Chliara cresus Cramer 1780
The genus Antaea
Antaea omana Schaus 1906
The genus Rosema
Rosema sp. indet.
Rosema dentifera Draudt
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