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Species Records, Inventory, Lepidoptera diversity.
The Phaegopterina moths includes approximately 750 species registered in Brazil, for the Cerrado 254 species are registered and for the Amazon 469. In the present study we present an inventory with an annotated list of Phaegopterina species and distribution recorded for Maranhão. The material examined comes from collections in 10 municipalities in Maranhão. After analyzing the material in this study, we have a list of 116 species of Phaegopterina, distributed in 56 genera for Maranhão, with 25 species being new records. Updating the number of Phaegopterina records for Maranhão, after this study, we totaled 116 Phaegopterina species recorded for the state. Ongoing inventory efforts for Arctinae in Maranhão will contribute to an increase and understanding of the diversity of Lepidoptera in the Cerrado and Amazon.