First record of Araeomolis propinqua Toulgoët, 1998 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from Brazil

Abstract

This note reports the first record of Araeomolis propinqua Toulgoët, 1998(Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arcti­inae) in Brazil. The specimens were found in Amazônia National Park, Pará state, Eastern Amazon. The distribution ofA. propinqua is extended 1,100 km south from its nearest previous locality.

First record of Toulgoetarctia nigripuncta (Joicey & Talbot, 1918) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from Brazil

“…(Joicey & Talbot, 1918 south from Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (locality of Saül) in French Guyana, the closest record for the species . This new record increases the number of species of Toulgoetarctia occurring in Brazil Gibeaux 2014, Teston andFerro 2016a) to 3; this record also increases the number of species of Arctiinae occurring in Pará to 535 (Teston et al 2016) and to 820 in the Brazilian Amazon (Teston and Ferro 2016b). Furthermore, it highlights the need of sampling in poorly known areas such as the Brazilian Amazon.…”