Ceranchia reticolens
Ceranchia reticolens
Butler, 1882
Ceranchia reticolens, Madagascar, on my home computer only.
| TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Saturniinae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Tribe: Saturniini, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Genus:Ceranchia, Butler, 1878
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MIDI MUSIC
"Moon River"
copyright C. Odenkirk
MIDI CITYON.OFF
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DISTRIBUTION:
The large, opalescent-white Ceranchia
reticolens moth flies in southern Madagascar in Ankafana and Batsileo-Land.
Bouyer equates
mangiferae, cribrelli, reticolens, mucida
and cribricollis with apollina. Rodolphe Rougerie
regards C. reticolens
as a distinct species. Patrick Basquin reports reticolens as a synonym of apollina, based on DNA barcoding results.
FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:
Ceranchia reticolens (verso), Madagascar, on my home computer only.
ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:
EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:
The cocoon is large
(90mm), resembling a cecropia cocoon. A denser inner cocoon
is visible through the soft outer meshwork of lustrous golden silk.
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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