Adafroptilum acuminatum
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Updated as per Darge's Saturniidae 2, 2003, April 21, 2006
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Adafroptilum acuminatum
agh-duh-froh-TIL-umMagh-kewe-min-AY-tum
Darge, 2003
(Afroptilum)
Adafroptilum acuminatum male, Tanzania, image not available.
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Superfamily: Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Saturniinae Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Tribe: Micragonini Cockerell in Packard, 1914 (1902)
Genus: Adafroptilum, Darge, 2004 | |
MIDI MUSIC
"Moon River"
copyright C. Odenkirk
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DISTRIBUTION:
The Adafroptilum acuminatum moth
(wingspan: males: 48mm; females: probably larger)
flies in southwestern Tanzania.
FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:
Moths are on the wing in February.
Adafroptilum acuminatum larval hosts are unknown.
ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:
EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE, COCOONS:
Eggs are deposited
Larvae probably descend the host plant at pupation time and spin up
a thin cocoon at the base of hostplants
Larval Food Plants
It is hoped that this alphabetical listing followed by the common
name of the foodplant will prove useful. The list is not exhaustive.
Experimenting with closely related foodplants is worthwhile.
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