Titre du document / Document title

Esfingofauna (Lepidoptera : Sphingidae) do Parque Nacional do Ja´u e arredores, Amazonas, Brasil = Hawkmoths fauna (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) of the Parque Nacional do Ja´u and surroundings, State of Amazonas, Brazil

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

DA SILVA MOTTA Catarina ; ANDREAZZE Ricardo ;

Résumé / Abstract

A survey of Sphingidae fauna (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) were studied at Parque Nacional do Ja´u and surroundings, Amazonas, Brazil during july/1993 to june/1996. The collects were made using a mixed mercury vapor lamp andblack light UV on a white sheet in periods of 12 consecutive hours. 79 hawkmoths species, 25 genera in 2362 specimens were collected with predominance of the species of tribe Dilophonotini (45 species), followed by Sphingini (13), Macroglossini (8), Philampelini (7) and Ambulycini (6). Data are compared with others areas of brazilian Amazonia: municipal district of Itacoatiara (AM), Ilha de Maraca and Pacaraima (RR). It is presented a list of species of hawk moths including 16 new register for the State of Amazonas and equal for all localities were collected.

Revue / Journal Title

Acta Amazonica   ISSN 0044-5967   CODEN AAMZAZ 

Source / Source

2001, vol. 31, n^o4, pp. 643-654 [12 page(s) (article)]

Langue / Language

Portugais

Editeur / Publisher

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Manaos, BRESIL  (1971) (Revue)

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 17890, 35400010235159.0110