DOCSLIB.ORG

Lepidopterism and Erucism in Colombia

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Lepidopterism and Erucism in Colombia Como citar este artículo: Gómez JP. Lepidopterismo y erucismo en Colombia. Revista Biosalud 2014; 13(2): 59-83. LEPIDOPTERISMO Y ERUCISMO EN COLOMBIA Juan P. Gómez C.1 RESUMEN presentando fundamentos teóricos que aporten a esta temática. El accidente por mariposa se le conoce como erucismo y lepidopterismo dependiendo del Palabras clave: epidemiología, toxinas tipo de caso. Las familias de lepidópteros biológicas, polillas, Lepidoptera. que tienen importancia sanitaria en Colombia son Megalopygidae, Arctiidae, Saturniidae y dentro de esta la subfamilia Hemileucinae LEPIDOPTERISM AND ERUCISM es la que presenta los casos más graves con IN COLOMBIA síndromes hemorrágicos graves, principalmente por las orugas del género Lonomia. Las larvas contienen enzimas que actúan sobre diferentes ABSTRACT componentes, Lonomia actúa sobre el sistema hemostático provocando hemorragias que The injuries caused by butterflies are known pueden conducir a la muerte. Son de especial as lepidopterism and erucism depending on atención los accidentes por Lonomia aquelonus each case.The Lepidoptera families with the (Saturniidae), que en los últimos años fue motivo most public health importance in Colombia are de numerosos casos de erucismo en el sur de Megalopygidae, Arctiidae, and Saturniidae and Colombia, algunos mortales. En los últimos in this last one, the Hemileucinae subfamily años en Colombia se ha observado un aumento presents the most serious cases with severe de casos de erucismo, pero el subregistro sigue hemorrhagic syndromes, mainly because siendo muy alto y el conocimiento de la temática of caterpillars from the Lonomia genus. The es exiguo; en general, el grupo poblacional que larvae contain enzymes which act on different más se ve afectado por los casos de erucismo components; Lonomia aquelonus (Saturniidae) acts son personas jóvenes de entre 15 y 45 años de on the hemostatic system causing hemorrhage edad, principalmente personas trabajadoras del that can cause death. Accidents by Lonomia campo. A causa del riesgo potencial que esto aquelonus (Saturniidae) deserve special attention representa, sumado a la falta de conocimiento since they have been the cause of numerous cases general sobre la patología que producen los of erucism in southern Colombia, some of them venenos de Lepidoptera en humanos y en fatal. An increased number of Lonomia cases have especial sobre la historia natural de las especies been observed in Colombia in recent years but causantes de los envenenamientos, y de los the under-registration continues to be very high aspectos eco-epidemiológicos, se pretende and the knowledge about the topic is meager; in con este artículo contextualizar el impacto de general the population groups mostly affected estos animales venenosos en la salud de los by eurcism are young people between 15 and Colombianos, dando valoración de conceptos y 45 years old, mainly farmworkers. Because 1 Ms. Epidemiología. Profesor Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia. CEPADE, investigador. Correo electrónico: [email protected] Recibido: octubre 6 de 2014 - Aceptado: octubre 22 de 2014 ISSN 1657-9550 Biosalud, Volumen 13 No. 2, julio - diciembre, 2014. págs. 59 - 83 Juan P. Gómez C. of the potential risk this represents, added animals on the Colombian population health to the. general lack of knowledge about the through concept assessment and presenting pathology produced by poisons Lepidoptera in theoretical foundations that contribute to this humans and specially about the natural history issue. of the species causing poisoning and the eco- epidiomogical aspects, this article intends to Key words: epidemiology, biological toxins, contextualze the impact of these poisonous poison, moths, Lepidoptera. INTRODUCCIÓN Se define como animal venenoso aquel que es capaz de inocular algún tipo de toxina en el Los eventos adversos denominados sistema circulatorio de su víctima. Los animales lepidopterismo y erucismo son los accidentes ponzoñosos son los que tienen aguijón o púas causados por algunos animales venenosos que laceran piel y tejidos, normalmente todo llamamos mariposas (orden Lepidoptera). animal venenoso es ponzoñoso por medio de Lepidoptera es un grupo de insectos que según alguna estructura inoculadora de veneno, pero sus características fenotípicas y de hábitos se no necesariamente el término es incluyente, les divide en mariposas diurnas (Ropaloceros) como en el caso del lepidopterismo. Ambos y polillas de hábitos nocturnos (Heteroceros), (ponzoñosos y venenosos) pueden causar esta clasificación antigua y en desuso por la alteraciones leves o graves en la salud de la comunidad científica, mas no para el común víctima e incluso su muerte, dependiendo del de la gente que aún las divide visualmente; tipo de lesión, el sitio de exposición, el tamaño taxonómicamente hoy los lepidópteros están del animal, el tipo de tóxon y el grado de divididos en 4 subórdenes: Zeugloptera, Aglossata, toxicidad de la especie del animal causante del Heterobathmiina y Glossata (1, 2), a este último evento, pero también influyen el tipo y la calidad pertenecen la mayoría de polillas, incluyendo del tratamiento que se presta, también influyen las de importancia clínica epidemiológica. Se el tiempo de exposición al tóxon (8). El término estima que las primeras mariposas surgieron lepidopterismo se utiliza de forma generalizada aproximadamente hace 140 millones de años (2), para describir los efectos tóxicos producidos es uno de los grupos de insectos más grandes con en humanos tanto por las larvas como por los más de 165.000 especies [algunos autores hablan adultos, cuando los accidentes ocurren con los de más de 290.000 especies] (3); Colombia posee estados inmaduros de las mariposas el evento se 3.019 especies de mariposas que representan le conoce como “erucismo” (9). La mayor parte el 61,9% de las mariposas conocidas para el de los accidentes se genera a partir de las larvas, Neotrópico, lo que da una idea de su riqueza en estos pueden ser por erucismo directo (contacto diversidad de especies (4). Los lepidópteros son con las setas de la oruga), indirecto (cerdas insectos ovíparos de metamorfosis completa, desprendidas) o meta-erucismo [persistencia por lo que comprenden estadios de desarrollo de cerdas larvarias en pupas y adultos] (5, 10). muy diferentes morfológicamente: huevo, larva En general los envenenamientos por mariposas u oruga, pupa o crisálida y adulto (1, 5-7), a los se clasifican como “fanerotóxicos”, los cuales insectos que tienes metamorfosis completa se les son capaces de introducir en la piel una toxina denomina “holometábolos” mientras los que no a través del uso efectivo de una seta venenosa, se les dice hemimetábolos. A las mariposas en también están los “criptotóxicos”, que son estado larval (ninfas) se les conoce comúnmente envenenamientos producidos por emanaciones como orugas, mientras que los adultos son las repelentes o volátiles que son proyectadas. Los llamadas mariposas. venenos de las orugas se encuentran contenidos 60 Biosalud, Volumen 13 No. 2, julio - diciembre, 2014. págs. 59 - 83 ISSN 1657-9550 Lepidopterismo y erucismo en Colombia en espinas o setas que se distribuyen a lo largo pasando por conceptos claves en el desarrollo del cuerpo, ocultas debajo de pelos largos y de la temática desde el punto de vista biológico, sedosos o ligadas a tubérculos. Estas estructuras ambiental, taxonómico, epidemiológico y en se quiebran al entrar en contacto con la piel, menor medida lo clínico-toxinológico. También rompiendo a su vez el estrato córneo de la piel, los autores, intentan proveer información sobre lo que favorece el ingreso del veneno (Figura 1). un tema que no es muy conocido en el país, pero En el caso del lepidopterismo (accidente causado que puede llegar a ser de importancia sanitaria, por estados adultos), ocurre una dermatitis a pesar del alto subregistro que impacta la salud urticante al tener contacto con las escamas de de los colombianos. los individuos adultos, no hay cerdas o setas quebradizas. Metodológicamente para la localización de los documentos bibliográficos se utilizaron varias fuentes documentales. Se realizó una búsqueda bibliográfica desde febrero de 2012 a junio de 2014, en Scopus, Bione, Ebsco, Lilacs, PudMed, Science Direct, SciELO, Web of Science, utilizando los descriptores: lepidopterismo, erucismo, Parana , Saturnidos, Heterocera, Hemuilcinae, entre otros. Los registros obtenidos oscilaron entre 85 y 116 registros tras la combinación. También se realizó una búsqueda en Internet en el buscador “google académico” con los mismos términos. De igual forma, se hizo búsqueda activa de artículos en las bibliotecas físicas de la Universidad de Antioquia y serpentario de la misma institución. Figura 1. Lonomia achelonus. Estructuras de espinas, IMPORTANCIA DEL EVENTO especie recolectada en Yopal, Casanare (2011). Hay más de 127 familias de mariposas y En Colombia no se ha medido el real impacto que 165.000 especies a nivel mundial, pero solo tienen estos animales en la salud de las personas, 12 familias representan alguna importancia pero se sabe que hay grupos poblacionales más clínica-epidemiológica a nivel mundial, todas expuestos, según su actividad económica, edad polillas; dar una definición satisfactoria de y sexo. El objetivo de este artículo de revisión los heteróceros (polillas) es casi imposible por bibliográfica con alto contenido de opinión es en las grandes diferencias que tienes los grupos primer lugar describir los agentes, caracterizar como por ejemplo sus antenas entre otros
Load more

Recommended publications
  • External Morphology and Medical Significance Anais Da Academia Brasileira De Ciências, Vol
    Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências ISSN: 0001-3765 [email protected] Academia Brasileira de Ciências Brasil BRITO, ROSÂNGELA; SPECHT, ALEXANDRE; FILHO, WILSON S.A.; FRONZA, EDEGAR; MIELKE, CARLOS G.C. Abdominal macrochaetae of female Hylesia oratex Dyar, 1913 (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Saturniidae): external morphology and medical significance Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, vol. 87, núm. 3, 2015, pp. 1763-1770 Academia Brasileira de Ciências Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=32742179022 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (2015) 87(3): 1763-1770 (Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences) Printed version ISSN 0001-3765 / Online version ISSN 1678-2690 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765201520130141 www.scielo.br/aabc Abdominal macrochaetae of female Hylesia oratex Dyar, 1913 (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Saturniidae): external morphology and medical significance ROSÂNGELA BRITO1, ALEXANDRE SPECHT2, WILSON S.A. FILHO3, EDEGAR FRONZA4 and CARLOS G.C. MIELKE5 1Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Zoologia, Centro Politécnico, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Jardim das Américas, Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-980 Curitiba, PR, Brasil 2Laboratório de Entomologia,
    [Show full text]
  • Extreme Diversity of Tropical Parasitoid Wasps Exposed by Iterative Integration of Natural History, DNA Barcoding, Morphology, and Collections
    Extreme diversity of tropical parasitoid wasps exposed by iterative integration of natural history, DNA barcoding, morphology, and collections M. Alex Smith*†, Josephine J. Rodriguez‡, James B. Whitfield‡, Andrew R. Deans§, Daniel H. Janzen†¶, Winnie Hallwachs¶, and Paul D. N. Hebert* *The Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, Guelph Ontario, N1G 2W1 Canada; ‡Department of Entomology, 320 Morrill Hall, University of Illinois, 505 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801; §Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7613, 2301 Gardner Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695-7613; and ¶Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6018 Contributed by Daniel H. Janzen, May 31, 2008 (sent for review April 18, 2008) We DNA barcoded 2,597 parasitoid wasps belonging to 6 microgas- A detailed recognition of species in parasitoid communities is trine braconid genera reared from parapatric tropical dry forest, cloud necessary because of the pivotal role parasitoids play in food web forest, and rain forest in Area de Conservacio´ n Guanacaste (ACG) in structure and dynamics. While generalizations about the effects of northwestern Costa Rica and combined these data with records of parasitoids on community diversity are complex (7), a common- caterpillar hosts and morphological analyses. We asked whether place predictor of the impact of a parasitoid species on local host barcoding and morphology discover the same provisional species and dynamics is whether the parasitoid is a generalist or specialist. A whether the biological entities revealed by our analysis are congruent generalist, especially a mobile one, is viewed as stabilizing food webs with wasp host specificity. Morphological analysis revealed 171 (see ref.
    [Show full text]
  • Hemileucinae (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) SHILAP Revista De Lepidopterología, Vol
    SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología ISSN: 0300-5267 [email protected] Sociedad Hispano-Luso-Americana de Lepidopterología España Racheli, L.; Racheli, T. An update checklist of the Saturniidae of Ecuador. Part I: Hemileucinae (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología, vol. 33, núm. 130, junio, 2005, pp. 203-223 Sociedad Hispano-Luso-Americana de Lepidopterología Madrid, España Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=45513013 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative 203-223 An update 13/6/77 18:37 Página 203 SHILAP Revta. lepid., 33 (130), 2005: 203-223 SRLPEF ISSN:0300-5267 An update checklist of the Saturniidae of Ecuador. Part I: Hemileucinae (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) L. Racheli & T. Racheli Abstract In this paper, an update checklist of 199 taxa belonging to the subfamily Hemileucinae (Saturniidae) recorded for Ecuador is compiled. It includes all the available distributional data reviewed in the literature and additional records from material examined in private and public collections. All the provincial records are listed for each taxon. For some uncommon or little-known species, further details on their distributions are given. The current taxonomic arrangements of some species-groups are discussed. Furthermore, the female of Meroleuca (Meroleucoides) albomaculata (Dognin, 1916) is described for the first time and Molippa placida (Schaus, 1921) is reported for the first time for Peru. KEY WORDS: Lepidoptera, Saturniidae, Hemileucinae, checklist, Ecuador. Una lista actualizada de los Saturniidae del Ecuador.
    [Show full text]
  • Opinion Request No.2011-SA-0213
    ANSES Opinion Request no.2011-SA-0213 Maisons-Alfort, 16 August 2011 The Director Genera l OPINION of the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety on the analysis of the risks to health and the environment related to strategies in French Guiana to combat the Hylesia metabus moth (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae), the agent responsible for “Caripito itch” dermatitis ANSES undertakes independent and pluralistic scientific expert assessments. ANSES primarily ensures environmental, occupational and food safety as well as assessing the potential health risks they may entail. It also contributes to the protection of the health and welfare of animals, the protection of plant health and the evaluation of the nutritional characteristics of food. It provides the competent authorities with the necessary information concerning these risks and the requisite expertise and technical support for drafting legislative and statutory provisions and implementing risk management strategies (Article L.1313-1 of the French Public Health Code). Its opinions are made public. On 8 August 2011, ANSES received an urgent request from the Ministries for the Environment, Health and Labour to analyse the risks to health and the environment of the different control strategies for Hylesia metabus in French Guiana. 1. BACKGROUND AND PRESENTATION OF THE ISSUE Since the end of May 2011, certain communities close to mangrove swamps in coastal areas of French Guiana have been infested by a nocturnal moth, Hylesia metabus, commonly known as the Yellowtail or Ashen Moth. An unusual feature of the female is the presence of microscopic urticating hairs on its abdomen that it releases into the air, which in humans cause persistent rashes and itching.
    [Show full text]
  • Evidence for Histamine in the Urticating Hairs of Hylesia Moths*
    Evidence for Histamine in the Urticating Hairs of Hylesia Moths* Scott M . Dinehart, M.D., Joseph L. Jorizzo, M .D., Nicholas A. Soter, M .D., Nopadon Noppakun, M.D. , William R . Voss, D.V.M.,t James A . Hokanson, Ph.D., and Edgar B. Smith, M.D. Department of Dermatology (S MD, JLJ , NN. EBS). the Animal Care Center (WRV). and the Biostatisti ca l Component. Cancer Center UAH), The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas; and Department of Dermatology (NAS). New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York. U.S.A. An urticarial dermatosis after contact with the urtica tin g les ia extract (HE) into the backs of cynomolgus monkeys. hairs of the adult female Hyles ia moth may occur by several This whealin g res ponse was suppressed by pretreatment of mech a nisms including the intradermal inj ection of inflam­ the animals with diphenhydraminc hydrochloride, but not matory mcdiators through the urticatin g hairs. Extracts by pretrea tment with indometha ci n. Histologic examina­ were prepared from whole moths, urticatin g hairs, and tions showed a perivascul ar lymphocytic infiltrate around other moth parts. Each of these extracts was subjected to dilated capillaries without evidence of mas t cell degranu.:. a radioenzy mc assay for histamine. Histamine was present \ation in H E-injected sites but not in controls. These find­ in extracts made from whole moths and from urtica ting in gs provide evidence that histamine may be the mediator hairs. Extracts madc from other moth parts contained no res ponsible for the urticarial lesions seen after contact with histamin e.
    [Show full text]
  • A Natural History of Conspecific Aggregations in Terrestrial Arthropods, with Emphasis on Cycloalexy in Leaf Beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
    TAR Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews 5 (2012) 289–355 brill.com/tar A natural history of conspecific aggregations in terrestrial arthropods, with emphasis on cycloalexy in leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Jorge A. Santiago-Blay1,*, Pierre Jolivet2,3 and Krishna K. Verma4 1Department of Paleobiology, MRC-121, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA 2Natural History Museum, Paris, 67 Boulevard Soult, 75012 Paris, France 3Museum of Entomology, Florida State Collection of Arthropods Gainesville, FL, USA 4HIG 1/327, Housing Board Colony, Borsi, Durg-491001 India *Corresponding author; e-mails: [email protected], [email protected]. PJ: [email protected]; KKV: [email protected] Received on 30 April 2012. Accepted on 17 July 2012. Final version received on 29 October 2012. Summary Aggregations of conspecifics are ubiquitous in the biological world. In arthropods, such aggregations are generated and regulated through complex interactions of chemical and mechanical as well as abiotic and biotic factors. Aggregations are often functionally associated with facilitation of defense, thermomodula- tion, feeding, and reproduction, amongst others. Although the iconic aggregations of locusts, fireflies, and monarch butterflies come to mind, many other groups of arthropods also aggregate. Cycloalexy is a form of circular or quasicircular aggregation found in many animals. In terrestrial arthropods, cycloalexy appears to be a form of defensive aggregation although we cannot rule out other functions, particularly thermomodulation. In insects, cycloalexic-associated behaviors may include coordinated movements, such as the adoption of seemingly threatening postures, regurgitation of presumably toxic compounds, as well as biting movements. These behaviors appear to be associated with attempts to repel objects perceived to be threatening, such as potential predators or parasitoids.
    [Show full text]
  • Download Complete Version
    ISSN 0041-6436 Food and Agriculture An international journal Vol. 57 Organization of forestry and forest 2006/2 224 of the United Nations industries Editor: A. Perlis Contents Editorial Advisory Board: F. Castañeda, R. Czudek, T. Hofer, D. Kneeland, Editorial 2 J.P. Koyo, A. Perlis, L. Russo, T. Vahanen, M.L. Wilkie C.J.P. Colfer, D. Sheil, D. Kaimowitz and M. Kishi Emeritus Advisers: J. Ball, I.J. Bourke, C. Palmberg-Lerche Forests and human health in the tropics: some important connections 3 Regional Advisers: B.A. Wilcox and B. Ellis C. Carneiro, P. Durst, P. Koné, K. Prins Forests and emerging infectious diseases of humans 11 Unasylva is published in English, French and Spanish. Starting in 2006, payment is no longer Forestry and malaria control in Italy 19 required. Free subscriptions can be obtained by C. Holding Anyonge, G. Rugalema, D. Kayambazinthu, A. Sitoe sending an e-mail to [email protected] Subscription requests from institutions (e.g. and M. Barany libraries, companies, organizations, universities) Fuelwood, food and medicine: the role of forests in the response rather than individuals are preferred to make the to HIV and AIDS in rural areas of southern Africa 20 journal accessible to more readers. All issues of Unasylva are available online free J. Muriuki of charge at www.fao.org/forestry/unasylva Forests as pharmacopoeia: identifying new plant-based Comments and queries are welcome: treatments for malaria 24 [email protected] E. Dounias and A. Froment Reproduction and dissemination of material in this publication for educational or other When forest-based hunter-gatherers become sedentary: non-commercial purposes are authorized consequences for diet and health 26 without any prior written permission from the copyright holders provided the source is fully T.
    [Show full text]
  • Lepidoptera: Saturniidae, Hemileucinae)
    170 Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, N. F. 22 (3): 171–173 (2001) 171 A new Hylesia from Guatemala (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae, Hemileucinae) 1 2 Claude Lemaire , Kirby L. Wolfe , and José Monzón S. Dr. Claude Lemaire, La Croix des Baux, F-84220 Gordes, France; email: [email protected] Kirby L. Wolfe, 3090 Cordrey Drive, Escondido, California 92029, U.S.A.; email: [email protected] José Monzón S., Laboratorio de Entomología Sistemática, Universidad des Valle de Guatemala, Apartado Postal 82, 01901 Guatemala; email: [email protected] Abstract: Hylesia hawksi n.sp. is described from Guate- Una Hylesia nueva de Guatemala (Lepidoptera: mala, Huehuetenango Department, where the four known Saturniidae, Hemileucinae) specimens, all males, were collected by José Monzón Sierra Resumen: Se describe Hylesia hawksi n.sp. de Guatemala, at km353 from Guatemala City on the road from Huehuete- Departamento de Huehuetenango, donde los cuatro ejem- nango to Aguacatán, at 2000m elevation. General comments plares conocidos, todos machos, fueron colectados por José on the genus Hylesia Hübner [1820] are given. The new Monzón Sierra al km353 de la ciudad de Guatemala en species belongs to the small Central American subgroup of el camino de Huehuetenango a Aguacatán, a 2000m snm. Hylesia that is characterized by the presence, at least in Se hace comentario general sobre el género Hylesia Hübner the male, of an eye-like discal spot with a red iris on the [1820]. La nueva especie pertenece al pequeño subgrupo upper surface of the hindwing. The specific characters of centroamericano de Hylesia lineata Druce 1886, reconocible Hylesia hawksi n.sp.
    [Show full text]
  • The Saturniidae Fauna of Napo Province, Ecuador: an Overview (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) SHILAP Revista De Lepidopterología, Vol
    SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología ISSN: 0300-5267 [email protected] Sociedad Hispano-Luso-Americana de Lepidopterología España Racheli, L.; Racheli, T. The Saturniidae fauna of Napo Province, Ecuador: an overview (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología, vol. 34, núm. 134, 2006, pp. 125-139 Sociedad Hispano-Luso-Americana de Lepidopterología Madrid, España Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=45513402 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative 125-139 The Saturniidae fauna o 15/6/06 13:27 Página 125 SHILAP Revta. lepid., 34 (134), 2006: 125-139 SRLPEF ISSN:0300-5267 The Saturniidae fauna of Napo Province, Ecuador: an overview (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) L. Racheli & T. Racheli Abstract In this paper, an update inventory of 196 Saturniidae taxa (excluding Oxyteninae and Cercophaninae) recorded for Napo province, Ecuador, has been compiled. A review of all the available distributional data from the literature and additional records based on field expeditions conducted in this province have been used to arrange the present list. General information on the majority of the taxa found in this province have been summarized. Furthermore, a preliminary analysis of the species recorded along an altitudinal transect in this province is given. KEY WORDS: Lepidoptera, Saturniidae, inventory, Napo, Ecuador. La fauna de Saturniidae de la provincia de Napo, Ecuador: una revisión (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) Resumen En este trabajo, se ha completado un inventario actualizado de 196 taxa de Saturniidae (excepto Oxyteninae y Cercophaninae), registrados para la provincia de Napo, Ecuador.
    [Show full text]
  • Occurrence of Lepidopterism Caused by the Moth Hylesia Nigricans (Berg)(Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) in Rio Grande Do Sul State, Brazil1
    612 July - August 2007 SCIENTIFIC NOTE Occurrence of Lepidopterism Caused by the Moth Hylesia nigricans (Berg) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) in Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil1 CRISTIANO A. ISERHARD 2,3, LU C AS A. KAMINS K I 2, MARIA O. MAR C HIORI 2, EDUARDO C. TEIXEIRA 2 AND HE L ENA P. ROMANOWS K I 2,3 1Contribution number 505 of the Depto. Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS 2Lab. Ecologia de Insetos, Depto. Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Univ. Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Prédio 43435, Sala 218, 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS 3Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Depto. Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500; 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS [email protected], [email protected] Neotropical Entomology 36(4):612-615 (2007) Ocorrência de Lepidopterismo Provocado pela Mariposa Hylesia nigricans (Berg) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) no Rio Grande do Sul ResUMO - É registrado pela primeira vez o lepidopterismo provocado pela mariposa Hylesia nigricans (Berg) para o sul do Brasil. São apresentados alguns aspectos da biologia da espécie e relatadas medidas como estratégia preventiva de controle. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Dermatite, mariposa urticante, planta hospedeira, Sul do Brasil AbstrACT - Lepidopterism by Hylesia nigricans (Berg) moth is recorded for the first time in southern Brazil. Preventive strategies of control are proposed based on information on the biology and ecology of this moth. KEY WORDS: Dermatitis, host-plant, southern Brazil, urticating moth The genus Hylesia Hübner is exclusively Neotropical The egg masses are brownish-orange, formed by layers of and comprises approximately 100 species of moths (Lamy eggs covered by urticating bristles, which are released from et al.
    [Show full text]
  • The Moth Hylesia Metabus and French Guiana
    Article available at http://www.parasite-journal.org or http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2012192117 THE MOTH HYLESIA METABUS AND FRENCH GUIANA LEPIDOPTERISM: CENTENARY OF A PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN JOURDAIN F.*, GIROD R.*,**, VASSAL J.M.***, CHANDRE F.*,****, LAGNEAU C.*,*****, FOUQUE F.*,******, GUIRAL D.*******, RAUDE J.*,******** & ROBERT V*,**** Summary: Résumé : HYLESIA METABUS ET PAPILLONITE GUYANAISE : CENTENAIRE D’UNE QUESTION DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE The females of the moths Hylesia metabus have their abdomens covered by urticating hairs looking like micro-arrows and causing a L’abdomen des femelles du papillon de nuit Hylesia metabus est puriginous dermatitis to humans known as “papillonite” in French recouvert de micro-fléchettes venimeuses qui déclenchent chez Guiana and also called yellowtail moth dermatitis or Caripito l’homme une dermatite urticarienne prurigineuse, dénommée itch. The densities of the moths show great seasonal and annual “papillonite” en Guyane. Les densités de population de cette espèce variations depending on mechanisms mostly unknown. When sont extrêmement variables, sous la dépendance de mécanismes H. metabus infestations occur, numerous cases of dermatologic qui restent mal connus. Lors des pullulations, de nombreux cas manifestations are reported from people living near the mangrove de dermatites sont observés au sein des populations humaines swamps where the moths are developing. One hundred years vivant à proximité de la mangrove où se développent les chenilles after the first “papillonite” epidemic reported from French Guiana et d’où émergent les papillons. Cet article dresse un état des in 1912, the data presented herein summarize the actual state connaissances, un siècle après la première épidémie de papillonite of knowledge on H.
    [Show full text]
  • Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) of Colombia
    PREPRINT Author-formatted, not peer-reviewed document posted on 06/08/2021 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e72657 An updated checklist of the wild silkmoths (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) of Colombia Lorenzo Comoglio, Ronald Brechlin Disclaimer on biological nomenclature and use of preprints The preprints are preliminary versions of works accessible electronically in advance of publication of the final version. They are not issued for purposes of botanical, mycological or zoological nomenclature andare not effectively/validly published in the meaning of the Codes. Therefore, nomenclatural novelties (new names) or other nomenclatural acts (designations of type, choices of priority between names, choices between orthographic variants, or choices of gender of names)should NOT be posted in preprints. The following provisions in the Codes of Nomenclature define their status: International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICNafp) Article 30.2: “An electronic publication is not effectively published if there is evidence within or associated with the publication that its content is merely preliminary and was, or is to be, replaced by content that the publisher considers final, in which case only the version with that final content is effectively published.” In order to be validly published, a nomenclatural novelty must be effectively published (Art. 32.1(a)); in order to take effect, other nomenclatural acts must be effectively published (Art. 7.10, 11.5, 53.5, 61.3, and 62.3). International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) Article: 21.8.3: "Some works are accessible online in preliminary versions before the publication date of the final version. Such advance electronic access does not advance the date of publication of a work, as preliminary versions are not published (Article 9.9)".
    [Show full text]