Crepuscular and nocturnal hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) from a fragment of Atlantic rainforest in the state of Sao Paulo, southeastern Brazil

Autor(es)

Rocha Vieira, Kely Cristina ^[1] ; Moraes, Simeao de Souza ^[2] ; Chiquetto-Machado, Pedro Ivo ^[2] ; Duarte, Marcelo ^{[2, 3]}

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Paulista, BR-05036040 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Zool, Inst Biociencias, Programa Posgrad Ciencias Biol Zool, BR-05508900 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Museu Zool, Programa Posgrad Sistemat Taxon Anim & Biodiversi, BR-04263000 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGIST; v. 98, n. 1, p. 342-348, MAR 2015.
• Citações Web of Science: 4

Resumo

A survey of the richness, abundance and species composition of Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) was performed in a fragment of Atlantic Rainforest at the Serra do Japi Biological Reserve, Municipality of Jundiai, state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Sampling was done monthly, on 2 consecutive nights, from Dec 2011 to Oct 2012, totaling 264 hours of sampling effort. The hawkmoths were attracted by a light trap. Our results were compared with data from a survey of Sphingidae carried out in another fragment of Atlantic Rainforest, i.e., at the Boraceia Biological Station, Municipality of Salesopolis, Sao Paulo. Richness estimators, rarefaction curves and rank/abundance plots were used to describe the assemblage sampled in this study and to compare it with the data set from Boraceia. We collected 462 specimens, members of 3 subfamilies, 5 tribes, 18 genera and 39 species. Callionima parce (Fabricius) was the most abundant species, comprising 33% of the individuals. Orecta lycidas (Boisduval), an under-sampled species in the Atlantic Rainforest, was recorded for the first time in the area of Serra do Japi. The assemblage showed lower species richness and evenness than the assemblage at Boraceia, probably due to differences in climate, vegetation and size of the forest fragment in which the reserves are situated. Nevertheless, our results emphasize the importance of the Serra do Japi Biological Reserve for the fauna of Lepidoptera of the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 09/11161-0 - Análise cladística e delimitação taxonômica do gênero Dysschema Hubner, 1818(Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini, Pericopina)
• Beneficiário: Simeão de Souza Moraes
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado
• Processo FAPESP: 11/50225-3 - História natural, filogenia e conservação de lepidópteros neotropicais
• Beneficiário: André Victor Lucci Freitas
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa BIOTA - Regular
• Processo FAPESP: 02/13898-0 - Sistemática, bionomia e evolução dos Lepidoptera neotropicais
• Beneficiário: Marcelo Duarte da Silva
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Jovens Pesquisadores
• Processo FAPESP: 12/12087-0 - Estrutura e composição da comunidade de esfingídeos (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) atraídos por luz da Estação Biológica de Boracéia, Salesópolis, São Paulo
• Beneficiário: Pedro Ivo Chiquetto Machado
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Mestrado