This is a list of the moths of family Saturniidae which are found in Chile. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of Chile. Subfamilies are listed alphabetically.
Rodolfo AmandoPhilippi was a German–Chilean paleontologist and zoologist. Philippi contributed primarily to malacology and paleontology. His grandson, Rodulfo Amando Philippi Bañados (1905-1969), was also a zoologist and in order to avoid confusion in zoological nomenclature, the elder is referred to as "Philippi [Krumwiede]" to distinguish him from his grandson "Philippi [Bañados]".
Bernhard Eunom Philippi was a German naturalist, explorer and colonization agent for Chile. He played an important role in the Chilean colonization of the Strait of Magellan and the German colonization of Valdivia, Osorno and Llanquihue.
Mallocephala is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was described by Blanchard in 1852. Both species are found in Chile.
Phycopterus is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Émile Blanchard in 1852. The species are all found in Chile.
Engina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pisaniidae.
Polythysana cinerascens is a species of moth of the family Saturniidae. It is found in Chile.
Elina is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae erected by Émile Blanchard in 1852. It is found in Chile.
Hemileucinae is a subfamily of the family Saturniidae, including a number of taxa whose caterpillars have venomous urticating hairs.
Neocercophana is a monotypic moth genus in the family Saturniidae described by Izquierdo in 1895. Its only species, Neocercophana philippii, was described by the same author in the same year. The type specimen was described from Chile.
Adetomeris is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Charles Duncan Michener in 1949.
Ormiscodes is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Blanchard in 1852.
Polythysana is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855.
From 1850 to 1875, some 30,000 German immigrants settled in the region around Valdivia, Osorno and Llanquihue in Southern Chile as part of a state-led colonization scheme. Some of these immigrants had left Europe in the aftermath of the German revolutions of 1848–49. They brought skills and assets as artisans, farmers and merchants to Chile, contributing to the nascent country's economic and industrial development.
Tritia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
Lasia is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. There are about 19 described species in Lasia, which are distributed in the New World.
Dictyneis is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is endemic to Chile. It is apterous.
