Abstract
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.
Highlights
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)
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 2012)
We present a list of Euchromina moths occurring in the Brazilian Amazon
Summary
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). The Amazon represents 40% of the tropical rainforest areas (Aragão et al 2014). It covers part of nine countries in South America, with 69% of this area in Brazil (Vieira et al 2008). The original area of the Brazilian Amazon has been reduced by 20% (INPE 2015). Lepidoptera inventories in the Brazilian Amazon are scarce (Santos et al 2008). 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 2012). Several recent inventories 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)
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