Annotated checklist of Bombicoidea (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea) in the Utría National Natural Park Chocó, Colombia
2019
Liliana Prada Lara | Yenny Correa-Carmona | Alejandra Clavijo Giraldo | Sergio Andrés Vargas | Dumar Ariel Parrales
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.
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