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Annotated checklist of Bombicoidea (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea) in the Utría National Natural Park Chocó, Colombia

Authors :
Liliana Prada Lara
Yenny Correa-Carmona
Alejandra Clavijo Giraldo
Sergio Andrés Vargas
Dumar Ariel Parrales
Source :
Biota Colombiana, Vol 20, Iss 2 (2019)
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, 2019.

Abstract

We present an annotated checklist of the species of Bombycidae, Saturniidae and Sphingidae collected in the Utría National Natural Park, Chocó, Colombia. We used mercury light trap for 31 days in four different habitats. We found 35 species: 19 Saturniidae, 15 Sphingidae and 1 Bombycidae. Eighteen species are recorded for the first time in the department of Chocó. These include the Chocó endemic Syssphinx chocoensis, the first specimen of Manduca dalica dalica, in a Colombian collection, and the fifth instar of Isognathus scyron. Our results agree with the lunar phobia hypothesis. This work is the first approach to the diversity of these families in the Utría National Park.

Details

Language :
English, Spanish; Castilian, Portuguese
ISSN :
01245376 and 2539200X
Volume :
20
Issue :
2
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Biota Colombiana
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.003bcb365e10492092c0844f739829fc
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.21068/c2019.v20n02a11