Corydalus is a genus of large flying insects in the Corydalidae family, commonly known as dobsonflies. They are endemic to North, Central and South America and there are about 35 known species. Members of the genus have wing lengths of up to 85 millimetres. They are sexually dimorphic, with the males having large mandibles used to grasp the females during mating while the females have smaller jaws. The larvae are known as hellgrammites and are aquatic predators.
Astraptes is the genus of flasher butterflies. They belong to the skipper butterfly subfamily Eudaminae, which was long included with the spread-winged skippers (Pyrginae) as a tribe. They are found in the Nearctic and Neotropical ecozones.
Micrathena, known as spiny orbweavers, is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833. Micrathena contains more than a hundred species, most of them Neotropical woodland-dwelling species. The name is derived from the Greek "micro", meaning "small", and the goddess Athena.
Adhemarius gannascus is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Caspar Stoll in 1790.
Aegiphila is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described in 1763. It was formerly classified in the Verbenaceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, South America, the West Indies, and Florida.
Ammalo is a genus of moths in the subtribe Phaegopterina in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1855.
Calonotos is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Myscelus is a Neotropical genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Papias is a Neotropical genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Halysidota orientalis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1909. It is found in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, the Antilles, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, French Guiana, Brazil and possibly Chile.
Halysidota underwoodi, or Underwood's tussock moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1909. It is found in Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.
Idalus lineosus is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1869. It is found in French Guiana, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Costa Rica and Honduras.
Euselasia is a genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae. They are present only in the Neotropical realm. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Mesosemia is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical realm.
Pryteria alboatra is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1909. It is found in Costa Rica, French Guiana, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil and Bolivia.
Sychesia dryas is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1775. It is found on the West Indies, Guatemala, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Suriname, Venezuela and Trinidad.
Anteros is a Neotropical genus of butterflies of the family Riodinidae.
Mangora is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1889.
