Adafroptilum exiguum
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Wiki Species; January 28, 2014
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Adafroptilum exiguum
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Darge, 2012
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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
ON.OFF
<![CDATA[<bgsound src="moon.mid" LOOP=FOREVER>]]>
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DISTRIBUTION:
Adafroptilum exiguum
(wingspan: males: mm; females: probably larger)
flies in
Zambia: P. K. 25 E. Isoka, Mpandwa, 856 m.
FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:
Moths are on the wing in . There are probably additional flight months.
Adafroptilum exiguum 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.
The species name, exiguum is ??
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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