Prothysana felderi

Prothysana felderi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Bombycidae
Genus:	Prothysana
Species:	P. felderi
Binomial name
	Prothysana felderi; Druce, 1887
Synonyms
	Tarchon felderi Druce, 1887; Zolessia felderi;

Prothysana felderi is a moth in the family Bombycidae, whose larvae are known as shag-carpet caterpillars. It is found from Mexico, south to Panama and into South America, at least to Ecuador.

Taxonomy[]

Vitor Osmar Becker included Compsa saturata and Mimallo trilunula as synonyms of Prothysana terminalis in 2001, but excluded Prothysana felderi from this synonymy, retaining it as a separate species.^[1]

Biology[]

Recorded food plants for the two species of Prothysana (whose larvae cannot be distinguished from one another) include Philodendron, Heliconia, Welfia georgii, , , Pentaclethra macroloba, , , , , , , , , and .

References[]

^ Becker, V.O. (2001). "The identity of some unrecognized Neotropical Bombycoidea (Lepidoptera) described by Francis Walker". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 18: 153-157.

Images of Prothysana felderi from Panama

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[1] Becker, V.O. (2001). "The identity of some unrecognized Neotropical Bombycoidea (Lepidoptera) described by Francis Walker". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 18: 153-157.

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