Paranapiacaba

J. Bechyné, 1958

Paranapiacaba is a of skeletonizing and in the . The genus contains at least two described . The name is derived from Tupi-Guarani, meaning 'where you will find the sea' or 'a place to view the sea,' and is also the name of a historic railway town and forested mountain region in southeastern Brazil.

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Paranapiacaba tricincta by (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Ken-ichi Ueda. Used under a CC-BY license.

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Pronunciation

How to pronounce Paranapiacaba: /ˌpæ.rəˌnæ.pɪˈæk.ə.bə/

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Distribution

The name references Paranapiacaba, a district in Santo André, São Paulo state, Brazil, located in the Serra do Mar coastal forests. The locality is presumably in this Atlantic Forest region of southeastern Brazil.

Diet

As members of , in this are herbivorous. The 'skeletonizing ' refers to their feeding habit of consuming leaf tissue between the , leaving a skeletonized appearance.

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Etymology

The name derives from the Tupi-Guarani phrase meaning 'where you will find the sea' or 'a place to view the sea,' referring to the mountain village of Paranapiacaba in São Paulo state, Brazil, which sits at high elevation with views toward the Atlantic coast.

Taxonomic note

The name Paranapiacaba has been applied to multiple due to its geographic significance, including a (Metagonia paranapiacaba) and as a place name for a historic railway town and biological reserve. The was established by J. Bechyné in 1958.