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Arctiini Leach, [1815] (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) of the Brazilian Amazon. IV - Subtribe Euchromiina Butler, 1876

Arctiini Leach, [1815] (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) da Amazônia Brasileira. IV - Subtribo Euchromiina Butler, 1876

Abstract:

The Euchromiina moths comprise 735 species in the neotropics. Here we provide a list of Euchromiina species from the Brazilian Amazon. The list was produced from specimens deposited in the most important Brazilian collections and from literature data. Nearly 30% (219) of the neotropics Euchromiina species were recorded, including 13 new occurrences for the Brazilian Amazon. Santarém and Belém were the municipalities with the highest number of species records, with 96 and 74, respectively. Although the number of Euchromiina records is high in the Amazon, this value is underestimated because the fauna was never sampled in the vast majority of the biome. This is a worrying scenario because the Amazon has the world highest absolute rate of forest reduction. In order to suggest efficient conservation policies for the Amazon Arctiinae fauna, it is urgent to intensify the sampling effort in this biome.

Keywords:
Amazon; Tiger moths; Inventory; Noctuoidea; Wasp Moths

Resumo:

As mariposas Euchromiina compreendem 735 espécies na região Neotropical. Neste trabalho, nós apresentamos uma lista das espécies de Euchromiina que ocorrem na Amazônia brasileira. A lista foi produzida através de observação de espécimes depositados nas mais importantes coleções brasileiras e também através de dados da literatura. Aproximadamente 30% (219) das espécies de Euchromiina que ocorrem na região Neotropical foram registradas, incluindo 13 novas ocorrências para a Amazônia brasileira. Santarém e Belém foram os municípios com maior número de espécies registradas, com 96 e 74, respectivamente. Embora o número de registros de Euchromiina seja considerado alto na Amazônia, este valor é subestimado visto que a fauna nunca foi amostrada na imensa maioria do bioma. Este cenário é preocupante, pois a Amazônia possui a maior taxa absoluta de redução florestal do mundo. A fim de podermos sugerir políticas de conservação eficientes para a fauna de Arctiinae da Amazônia, é urgente que se intensifique o esforço de coleta neste bioma.

Palavras-chave:
Amazônia; mariposas-tigre; Inventário; Noctuoidea; mariposas-vespa

Introduction

Tropical rainforests support some of the hightest species richness of the Earth and correspond to 60% of the hotspots defined by Myers et al. (2000)MYERS, N., MITTERMEIER, R.A., MITTERMEIER, C.G., FONSECA, G.A.B. & KENT, J. 2000. Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities. Nature 403(6772): 853-858.. The Amazon represents 40% of the tropical rainforest areas (Aragão et al. 2014ARAGÃO, L.E.O.C., POULTER, B., BARLOW, J.B., ANDERSON, L.O., MALHI, Y., SAATCHI, S., PHILLIPS, O.L. & GLOOR, E. 2014. Environmental change and the carbon balance of Amazonian forests. Biol. Rev. 89: 913-931.). It covers part of nine countries in South America, with 69% of this area in Brazil (Vieira et al. 2008VIEIRA, I.C.G., TOLEDO, P.M., SILVA J.M.C. & HIGUCHI, H. 2008. Deforestation and threats to the biodiversity of Amazonia. Braz. J. Biol. 68(4, Suppl.): 949-956.). However, the original area of the Brazilian Amazon has been reduced by 20% (INPE 2015INPE. 2015. Amazon Program - Monitoring the Brazilian Amazon by satellite: The PRODES, DETER, DEGRAD and TerraClass Systems. Available at www.inpe.br (last access on 30/01/2019).
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Lepidoptera inventories in the Brazilian Amazon are scarce (Santos et al. 2008SANTOS, E.C., MIELKE, O.H.H. & CASAGRANDE, M.M. 2008. Inventários de borboletas no Brasil: estado da arte e modelo de áreas prioritárias para pesquisa com vistas à conservação. Nat. Conserv. 6: 68-90.). Although there have been scientific publications on Amazonian Lepidoptera since the 19th century, many earlier inventories in the Brazilian Amazon do not provide an accurate description of the collection sites, which significantly restricts the use of their data (Casagrande et al. 2012CASAGRANDE M.M., MIELKE O.H.H. CARNEIRO E., RAFAEL, J.A. & HUTCHINGS, R.W. 2012. Hesperioidea e Papilionoidea (Lepidoptera) coligidos em expedição aos Rios Nhamundá e Abacaxis, Amazonas, Brasil: novos subsídios para o conhecimento da biodiversidade da Amazônia Brasileira. Rev. Bras. Entomol. 56(1): 23-28.). Several recent inventories also have problems, such as being made in a short period of time and/or poorly distributed in space (usually along major rivers or near urban centers).

Arctiinae was worldwide Lepidoptera taxa (Heppner 1991HEPPNER, J.B. 1991. Faunal regions and the diversity of LepidopteraTrop. Lep. 2(suppl. 1): 1-85.). With approximately 11,000 species, the tiger moths are divided in four tribes (Zahiri et al. 2012ZAHIRI, R., HOLLOWAY, J.D., KITCHING, I.J., LAFONTAINE, J.D., MUTANEN, M. & WAHLBERG, N. 2012. Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuiodea). Syst. Entomol. 37(1): 102-124.), but only Arctiini and Lithosiini occurred in the Neotropics. Arctiini are distributed in seven subtribes: Arctiina, Callimorphina, Spilosomina, Phaegopterina, Pericopina, Ctenuchina and Euchromiina (Weller et al. 2009WELLER, S.J., DACOSTA, M., SIMMONS, R.B., DITTMAR, K. & WHITING, M. 2009. Evolution and taxonomic confusion in Arctiidae. In Tiger Moths and Wolly Bears, Behavior, Ecology and Evolution of the Arctiidae (W.E. Conner, ed.). Oxford University Press, New York, p.11-30., Vincent & Laguerre 2014VINCENT, B. & LAGUERRE, M. 2014. Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Zoosystema 36(2): 137-533.).

The Euchromiina moths are found mainly in the neotropics and comprises approximately 68 genera and 735 species (Weller et al. 2009WELLER, S.J., DACOSTA, M., SIMMONS, R.B., DITTMAR, K. & WHITING, M. 2009. Evolution and taxonomic confusion in Arctiidae. In Tiger Moths and Wolly Bears, Behavior, Ecology and Evolution of the Arctiidae (W.E. Conner, ed.). Oxford University Press, New York, p.11-30.). Several species have nocturnal activity, but some species are exclusively diurnal (Hagmann 1938HAGMANN, G. 1938. Syntomideos (Amatideos=Euchromideos) do Estado do Pará. In Livro Jubilar do Professor Lauro Travassos. Typographia do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, p.185-194.). Many species of Euchromiina form mimetic rings with butterflies, beetles, and especially wasps (Simmons 2009SIMMONS, R.B. 2009. Adaptative coloration and mimicry. In Tiger moths and wooly bears. Behavior, ecology, and evolution of the Arctiidae (W.E. Conner, ed.). Oxford University Press, New York, p. 115-126.). Their wings can have areas or be totally transparent, closely resembling the wings of Hymenoptera. Moreover, some species simulate the petiole of Hymenoptera by reducing of abdomen sclerites and increasing thorax sclerites (Simmons 2009SIMMONS, R.B. 2009. Adaptative coloration and mimicry. In Tiger moths and wooly bears. Behavior, ecology, and evolution of the Arctiidae (W.E. Conner, ed.). Oxford University Press, New York, p. 115-126.). Males of several species have modified scales below the second abdominal segment that can be released in dangerous situations or during mating (Yack 2004YACK, J.E. 2004. The structure and function of auditory chordotonal organs in insects. Microscop. Res. Tech. 63: 315-337.). Some Euchromiina use ultrasound in courtship instead of or in combination with feromonal cues (Sanderford et al. 1998SANDERFORD, M.V., CORO, F. & CONNER, W.E. 1998. Courtship behavior in Empyreuma affinis Roths. (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Ctenuchinae): acoustic signals and tympanic organ response. Naturwissenschaften 85: 82-87.). Several Euchromiina larvae are brilliantly coloured (Weller et al. 2009WELLER, S.J., DACOSTA, M., SIMMONS, R.B., DITTMAR, K. & WHITING, M. 2009. Evolution and taxonomic confusion in Arctiidae. In Tiger Moths and Wolly Bears, Behavior, Ecology and Evolution of the Arctiidae (W.E. Conner, ed.). Oxford University Press, New York, p.11-30.) and feed on several plant families. Adults of some species are pharmacophagous on pyrrolizidine alkaloids (Conner & Jordan 2009CONNER, W.E. & JORDAN, A.T. 2009. From armaments to ornaments: the relationship between chemical defense and sex in tiger moths. In Tiger moths and wooly bears. Behavior, ecology, and evolution of the Arctiidae (W.E. Conner, ed.). Oxford University Press, New York, p.155-172.).

We present a list of Euchromina moths occurring in the Brazilian Amazon. We make the species list mainly from specimens deposited in the most important Brazilian collections and also from literature data. This study is a continuation of Teston & Ferro (2016aTESTON, J.A. & FERRO, V.G. 2016a. Arctiini Leach, [1815] (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) of the Brazilian Amazon. I - Subtribe Phaegopterina Kirby, 1892. Check List 12(2): 1-16., b)TESTON, J.A. & FERRO, V.G. 2016b. Arctiini Leach, [1815] (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) of the Brazilian Amazon. II - Subtribe Pericopina Walker, [1865]. Check List 12(6): 1-7. and Teston et al. (2019)TESTON, J.A., ABREU, D.S. de & FERRO, V.G. 2019. Arctiini Leach, [1815] (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) of the Brazilian Amazon. III - Subtribe Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837. Biota Neotrop. 19(2): e20180673. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2018-0673 (last access on 10/05/2019).
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and aims to increase knowledge of the diversity of Arctiinae in the Amazon region.

Materials and Methods

We intensively searched the literature and examined specimens from entomological collections of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas na Amazônia (INPA; Manaus), Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi (MPEG; Belém), Coleção Becker (VOB; Camacan), Coleção Entomológica Padre Jesus Santiago Moure of the Universidade Federal do Paraná (DZUP; Curitiba), Fundação Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (FIOC; Rio de Janeiro), Museu de Zoologia of the Universidade de São Paulo (MZUSP; São Paulo), Museu Nacional of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ; Rio de Janeiro), and Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidópteros Neotropicais (LELN) of the Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará (UFOPA; Santarém). To identify the species, we used literature (Hampson 1898HAMPSON, G.F. 1898. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Syntomidae in the collection of the British Museum. Taylor & Francis, London., 1914HAMPSON, G.F. 1914. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Volume I. Catalogue of the Amatidae and Arctiadae (Nolinae and Lithosianae) in the collection of the British Museum. Taylor & Francis, London., Seitz 1919-1925SEITZ, A. 1919-1925. 4. Familie: Arctiidae, Bärenspinner. In Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. II. Abteilung: Die Gross-Schmetterlinge des Amerikanischen Faunengebietes. 6. Band. Die Amerikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer (A. Seitz, ed.). Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart, p.231-497.) and specimens deposited in the visited collections. The systematic organization to generic level follows Hampson (1898)HAMPSON, G.F. 1898. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Syntomidae in the collection of the British Museum. Taylor & Francis, London. and Weller et al. (2000)WELLER, S.J., SIMMONS, R.B., BOADA, R. & CONNER, W.E. 2000. Abdominal Modifications Occurring in Wasp Mimics of the Ctenuchine-Euchromiine Clade (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 93(4): 920-928., with updates of the generic names according Watson et al. (1995)WATSON, A., FLETCHER, D.S. & NYE, I.W.B. 1995. Noctuoidea: Arctiidae, Cocytiidae, Ctenuchidae, dilobidae, Dioptidae, lymantriidae, Notodontidae, Strepsimanidae, Thaumetopoeidae & Thyretidae. In the Generic names of moths of the world (I.W.B. Nye, ed.). The Natural Histori Museum, London, v.2, p.1-228. and corrections of Pinheiro & Duarte (2013)PINHEIRO, L.R. & DUARTE, M. 2013. Taxonomic notes on Ctenuchina, Euchromiina, and Phaegopterina (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini). Fla. Entomol. 96(2): 351-359., Pinheiro & Gaal-Haszler (2015)PINHEIRO L.R, & GAAL-HASZLER, S. 2015. Illustrated catalogue of Neotropical Ctenuchina, Euchromiina and Pericopina types (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) described by Hans Zerny, with discussion on their taxonomic status. Zootaxa 3925(4): 505-535. and Pinheiro (2016)PINHEIRO, L.R. 2016. Re-evaluation of the identities of Eucereon punctatum (Guérin-Méneville, [1844]) and E. archias (Stoll, 1790), with a discussion on E. mitigatum Walker, 1857, rev. stat. (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini, Ctenuchina). Zoosystema 38(1): 127-140..

The geographical coordinates of the localities in the Brazilian Amazon with Arctiinae records were obtained from the Geo Loc tool of "Species Link date & tools" (http://splink.cria.org.br/geoloc) and Google Earth (https://earth.google.com/web/). The list is organized alphabetically. Species and records without precise location data, and those from locations that belong to more than one biome (e.g., Cerrado and Amazon) were not included in the list.

Results

Our research generated a list of 219 Euchromiina species (Table 1), including 13 new occurrences for the Brazilian Amazon (indicated by "NEW"). Eighteen species appear as new records for the municipalities and their respective States (indicated by "AMZ"). In total, 71 (9.2%) Amazonian municipalities had Euchromiina species records (Table 2 and Figure 1). Santarém (PA), Belém (PA), and São Félix do Xingu (PA) were the municipalities with the highest number of species, with 96, 74, and 47, respectively.

Table 1
Euchromiina (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) species of the Brazilian Amazon. The record column shows the Brazilian state in abbreviated form followed by municipality. The name of the locality is enclosed in braces and the author of the first record is in parentheses. * New record. States abbreviations: AC = Acre, AM= Amazonas, AP = Amapá, MA = Maranhão, MT = Mato Grosso, PA = Pará, RO = Rondônia and RR = Roraima.
Table 2
Geographic coordinates of municipalities and richness of the Euchromiina species (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctini) in the Brazillian Amazon Biome.

Figure 1
Geographic distribution of Euchromiina species records in the Brazillian Amazon. The numbers refer to the municipalities of Table 2.

We recorded 49 genera, of which 19 were monospecific. The genera Cosmosoma Hübner, [1823] presented the highest number of species (27), followed by Saurita Herrich-Schäffer, [1855] (19) and LeucotmemisButler, 1876BUTLER, A.G. 1876. Notes on the Lepidoptera of the family Zygaenidae, whit descriptions of new genera and species. J. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. 12(60-62): 342-407. (12). The species with the highest number of locality records were Belemnia eryx (Fabricius, 1775) and Isanthrene porphyria (Walker, 1854) (with 15), followed by Orcynia calcarata (Walker, 1854) (14), Cosmosoma telephus (Walker, 1854) and Histioea proserpina (Hübner, 1827) (13). Ninety-one species (41.4%) occurred in only one locality (Table 1).

Discussion

The number of Euchromiina species recorded for the Brazilian Amazon was high. It corresponds to 29.8% of neotropics Euchromiina fauna (735, Weller et al. 2009WELLER, S.J., DACOSTA, M., SIMMONS, R.B., DITTMAR, K. & WHITING, M. 2009. Evolution and taxonomic confusion in Arctiidae. In Tiger Moths and Wolly Bears, Behavior, Ecology and Evolution of the Arctiidae (W.E. Conner, ed.). Oxford University Press, New York, p.11-30.) and was more than two times higher than the Mexican (112, Hernández-Baz et al. 2013HERNÁNDEZ-BAZ, F., MORON, M.A., CHAMÉ-VAZQUEZ, E. & GONZÁLEZ, J.M. 2013. Ctenuchina and Euchromiina (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) of Three Biological Research Stations of México's Ecosur. J. Lepid. Soc. 67(3): 145-155.), the Brazilian Cerrado (76, Ferro et al. 2010FERRO, V.G. & DINIZ, I.R. 2010. Riqueza e composição das mariposas Arctiidae (Lepidoptera) no Cerrado. In Cerrado: conhecimento quantitativo como subsídio para as ações de conservação (I.R. Diniz, J. Marinho-Filho, R.B. Machado & R. Cavalcanti, eds.). Editora Thesaurus, Brasília, p.255-313.), and Rio Grande do Sul Brazilian State (60, Ferro & Teston 2009FERRO V.G. & TESTON, J.A. 2009. Composição de espécies de Arctiidae (Lepidoptera) no sul do Brasil: relação entre tipos de vegetação e entre a configuração espacial do hábitat. Rev. Bras. Entomol. 53(2): 278-286.) Euchromiina richness.

The explanation of Santarém and Belém are the Amazon municipalities with the highest number of Euchromiina records probably are related to the proximity and access to the collection sites, which allow a larger sample effort. Belém is the capital of the state of Pará and has an important museum (Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, founded in 1866) and other research institutions, as well as easy access to sampling sites. Santarém was widely sampled by H. Zerny and G. Hagmann (Zerny 1931ZERNY, H. 1931. Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Sammerlreise nach Brasilien, insbesondere in das Amazonasgebiet, ausgeführt von Dr. H. Zerny. VII. Teil. Lepidoptera III: Die Syntomiden des Staates Pará. Ann. Nat. hist. Mus. Wien 45(1): 225-263., Hagmann 1938HAGMANN, G. 1938. Syntomideos (Amatideos=Euchromideos) do Estado do Pará. In Livro Jubilar do Professor Lauro Travassos. Typographia do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, p.185-194.). Hagmann resided in Santarém and Zerny spent a season collecting moths there. Belém was also the second municipality with the highest number of Phaegopterina, Pericopina and Ctenuchina records (Teston & Ferro 2016aTESTON, J.A. & FERRO, V.G. 2016a. Arctiini Leach, [1815] (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) of the Brazilian Amazon. I - Subtribe Phaegopterina Kirby, 1892. Check List 12(2): 1-16., bTESTON, J.A. & FERRO, V.G. 2016b. Arctiini Leach, [1815] (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) of the Brazilian Amazon. II - Subtribe Pericopina Walker, [1865]. Check List 12(6): 1-7., Teston et al. 2019TESTON, J.A., ABREU, D.S. de & FERRO, V.G. 2019. Arctiini Leach, [1815] (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) of the Brazilian Amazon. III - Subtribe Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837. Biota Neotrop. 19(2): e20180673. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2018-0673 (last access on 10/05/2019).
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).

The Euchromiina richness of Santarém and Belém were the largest recorded in Brazilian sites. For example, in Salesópolis was recorded 47 Euchromiina species (Ferro & Diniz 2007FERRO, V.G. & DINIZ, I.R. 2007. Arctiidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) da Estação Biológica de Boracéia (Salesópolis, São Paulo, Brasil). Biota Neotrop. 7(3): 331-338. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1676-06032007000300033 (last access on 30/01/2019).
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) and in Joinville 42 species (Ferro et al. 2012FERRO, V.G., RESENDE, I.M.H. & DUARTE, M. 2012. Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) do estado de Santa Catarina, Brasil. Biota Neotrop. 12(4): 166-180. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1676-06032012000400018 (last access on 30/01/2019).
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). These two last sites were located in the Atlantic Forest biome and were intensively sampled. In the Cerrado sites, were recorded a much lower number of Euchromiina species, ranging from 11 (Scherrer et al. 2013SCHERRER, S., FERRO, V.G., RAMOS, M.N. & DINIZ, I.R. 2013. Species composition and temporal activity of Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) in two cerrado vegetation types. Zoologia 30(2): 200-210.) to 30 (Moreno & Ferro 2016MORENO, C. & FERRO, V.G. 2016. Arctiinae moths (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) of the Emas National Park, Goiás, Brazil. Biota Neotrop. 16(2): e20150037. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1676-0611-BN-2015-0037 (last access on 30/01/2019).
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). Moreover, the number of Euchromiina species of a single Amazon site (Santarém, 96) was higher than the entire Cerrado Euchromiina fauna (Ferro et al. 2010FERRO, V.G., MELO, A.S. & DINIZ, I.R. 2010. Richness of tiger moths (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) in the Brazilian Cerrado: how much do we know? Zoologia 27(5): 725-731.). It may indicate that this taxon is more diverse in rain-forest than in xeric environments. Studies with Arctiini in the Altamira (Pará Brazilian State) showed that there are 2 times more Euchromiina species in Amazonian forest sites (64, Teston & Correa 2015TESTON, J.A. & CORREA, D. do C.V. 2015. The Arctiini (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) fauna of the Serra do Pardo National Park, Pará, Brazil. Check List 11(2): 1-9.) than in Cerrado sites (32, Valente et al. 2018VALENTE, D.M.P., ZENKER, M.M. & TESTON, J.A. 2018. Tiger-Moths in Savannas in Eastern Amazon: First Assessment of Diversity and Seasonal Aspects. Neotrop. Entomol. 47(6): 842-851.) and 4 times more Euchromiina species in Amazonian forest sites than altered sites (pasture and orchard) (16, Delfina & Teston 2013DELFINA, M.C. & TESTON, J.A. 2013. Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) ocorrentes em uma área de pastagem na Amazônia Oriental em Altamira, Pará, Brasil. Acta Amaz. 43(1): 81-90.). Martins et al. (2017)MARTINS, L.P., ARAUJO JUNIOR, E.C., MARTINS, A.R.P., COLINS, M.S., ALMEIDA, G.C.F. & AZEVEDO, G.G. 2017. Butterfies of Amazon and Cerrado remnants of Maranhão, Northeast Brazil. Biota Neotrop. 17(3): e20170335. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2017-0335 (last access on 30/01/2019).
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also obtained 2.5 times more butterfly species in sites of Amazonian forest than in Cerrado sites in the Maranhão Brazilian State.

Teston et al. (2019)TESTON, J.A., ABREU, D.S. de & FERRO, V.G. 2019. Arctiini Leach, [1815] (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) of the Brazilian Amazon. III - Subtribe Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837. Biota Neotrop. 19(2): e20180673. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2018-0673 (last access on 10/05/2019).
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have reported 847 Arctiinae species in the Brazilian Amazon. Due to the new records obtained in our study (13), there was an increase in richness for the biome, generating a total of 860 tiger moth Amazon species. As observed for the subtribes Phaegopterina (Teston & Ferro 2016aTESTON, J.A. & FERRO, V.G. 2016a. Arctiini Leach, [1815] (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) of the Brazilian Amazon. I - Subtribe Phaegopterina Kirby, 1892. Check List 12(2): 1-16.), Pericopina (Teston & Ferro 2016bTESTON, J.A. & FERRO, V.G. 2016b. Arctiini Leach, [1815] (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) of the Brazilian Amazon. II - Subtribe Pericopina Walker, [1865]. Check List 12(6): 1-7.) and Ctenuchina (Teston et al. 2019TESTON, J.A., ABREU, D.S. de & FERRO, V.G. 2019. Arctiini Leach, [1815] (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) of the Brazilian Amazon. III - Subtribe Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837. Biota Neotrop. 19(2): e20180673. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2018-0673 (last access on 10/05/2019).
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), the number of Amazonian Euchromiina species is underestimated because the fauna was never sampled in the vast majority of the biome (less than 10% of the municipalities were sampled). Even the sites already sampled need to be studied in the long-term (at least 1 year of sampling) because it is known that tiger moths respond to climate/seasonal changes (Kitching et al. 2000KITCHING, R.L., ORR, A.G., THALIB L., MITCHELL H., HOPKINS, M.S. & GRAHAM, A.W. 2000. Moth assemblages as indicators of environmental quality in remnants of upland Australian rain forest. J. Appl. Ecol. 37: 284-297., Hilt et al. 2007HILT, N., BREHM G. & FIEDLER, K. 2007. Temporal Dynamics of Rich Moth Ensembles in the Montane Forest Zone in Southern Ecuador. Biotropica 39(1): 94-104., Scherrer et al. 2013SCHERRER, S., FERRO, V.G., RAMOS, M.N. & DINIZ, I.R. 2013. Species composition and temporal activity of Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) in two cerrado vegetation types. Zoologia 30(2): 200-210., Ferro et al. 2014FERRO, V.G., LEMES, P., MELO, A.S. & LOYOLA, R. 2014. The Reduced Effectiveness of Protected Areas under Climate Change Threatens Atlantic Forest Tiger Moths. PLoS ONE 9(9): e107792.) and that Lepidoptera richness is higher in long-term surveys than in short-term surveys (Ferro & Diniz 2007FERRO, V.G. & DINIZ, I.R. 2007. Arctiidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) da Estação Biológica de Boracéia (Salesópolis, São Paulo, Brasil). Biota Neotrop. 7(3): 331-338. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1676-06032007000300033 (last access on 30/01/2019).
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, Moreno & Ferro 2016MORENO, C. & FERRO, V.G. 2016. Arctiinae moths (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) of the Emas National Park, Goiás, Brazil. Biota Neotrop. 16(2): e20150037. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1676-0611-BN-2015-0037 (last access on 30/01/2019).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1676-0611-BN-2...
, Martins et al. 2017MARTINS, L.P., ARAUJO JUNIOR, E.C., MARTINS, A.R.P., COLINS, M.S., ALMEIDA, G.C.F. & AZEVEDO, G.G. 2017. Butterfies of Amazon and Cerrado remnants of Maranhão, Northeast Brazil. Biota Neotrop. 17(3): e20170335. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2017-0335 (last access on 30/01/2019).
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). Moreover, studies that sample Amazonian Lepidoptera in different types and strata of vegetation are rare. However, it is known that tiger moths respond to vegetation changes (Kitching et al. 2000KITCHING, R.L., ORR, A.G., THALIB L., MITCHELL H., HOPKINS, M.S. & GRAHAM, A.W. 2000. Moth assemblages as indicators of environmental quality in remnants of upland Australian rain forest. J. Appl. Ecol. 37: 284-297., Ferro & Diniz 2007FERRO, V.G. & DINIZ, I.R. 2007. Arctiidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) da Estação Biológica de Boracéia (Salesópolis, São Paulo, Brasil). Biota Neotrop. 7(3): 331-338. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1676-06032007000300033 (last access on 30/01/2019).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1676-06032007...
, Ferro & Romanowski 2012FERRO, V.G. & ROMANOWSKI, H.P. 2012. Diversity and composition of tiger moths (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) in an area of Atlantic Forest in southern Brazil: is the fauna more diverse in the grassland or in the forest? Zoologia 29(1): 7-18.) and some genera of Euchromiina (Macrocneme and Poliopastea) are canopy flyers (Brehm 2009BREHM, G. 2009. Patterns of arctiid diversity. In Tiger moths and wooly bears. Behavior, ecology, and evolution of the Arctiidae (W.E. Conner, ed.). Oxford University Press, New York, p. 223-232.). In order to suggest efficient conservation policies for the Amazon Arctiinae fauna, it is urgent to intensify the sampling effort in this biome, both spatially and temporally. Finally, in addition to reduce species distribution gaps, it is also necessary to invest in studies on the taxonomy of Euchromiina in order to decrease the bias of the Linnean shortfall (Whittaker et al. 2005WHITTAKER, R.J., ARAÚJO, M.B., PAUL, J., LADLE, R.J., WATSON, J.E.M. & WILLIS, K.J. 2005. Conservation biogeography: assessment and prospect. Divers. Distrib.:11: 3-23.) on diversity patterns since the taxonomy of this taxon is still complicated: there are many descriptions based on only one individual, many species to be described, and many synonyms to elucidate.

  • Data availability
    The data are deposited in the respective collections mentioned in the Material and Methods.

Acknowledgements

We are indebted to the museum curators for allowing VGF's access to the collections under their care and for logistical support. This publication is part of the RedeLep "Rede Nacional de Pesquisa e Conservação de Lepidópteros", SISBIOTA-Brasil, CNPq (563332/2010-7).

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    2019

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    21 Feb 2019
  • Reviewed
    29 May 2019
  • Accepted
    01 Aug 2019
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