Adafroptilum coccineum
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Updated as per Saturnafrica Fascicule #15, Darge, March, 2013; January 28, 2014
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Adafroptilum coccineum
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Darge, 2013
Adafroptilum coccineum HT male, Rufunsa Ranch WMA, Lusaka Province, Zambia,
December 2012, on my home computer only.
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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 | |
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DISTRIBUTION:
Adafroptilum coccineum
(wingspan: males: 51-54mm; females: probably larger)
flies in
Zambia: Lusaka Province: Rufunsa Ranch WMA, at elevations of 3730 feet.
FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:
Moths are on the wing in December. There are probably additional flight months.
Adafroptilum coccineum larval hosts are unknown.
Adafroptilum coccineum HT male (verso), Rufunsa Ranch WMA, Lusaka Province, Zambia,
December 2012, on my home computer only.
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.
The species name, coccineum is indicative of the costa in the median area being carmine red-brown.
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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