DISTRIBUTION:

Antheraea hagedorni (forewig length: males: 67.0-73.0mm; females: unknown) flies in the Philippines: Luzon: Isabela, Aurora, Ifagao, Abra, Kalinga provinces: Sierra Madre Mountains, 470-1950m.

The male forewing is elongated apically. The outer margin is concave with a slightly produced anal angle. Ground colour is usually light orange, but there are darker specimens.

The costa is greyish, but blends with wing colour toward the apex. The am line is violet-brown. The ocellus is attached to the costa via a brown bar along the wing vein. There is a slightly darker diffuse median band followed by a grey, dentate median line. The grey postmedian line is subparallel to the outer margin and is highlighted with grey-violet flares into the subterminal area between the wing veins.

The black cap over the hindwing eyespot is weak. The female remains unknown.

Antheraea hagedorni orange male (PT), Sierra Madre Mountains, Isabela Province, Luzon, Philippines,
September 21, 2006, 550m, courtesy of Stefan Naumann, digital repair by Bill Oehlke.

Stefan Naumann indicates this species is in the helferi-group in the yamamai-subgroup.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Specimens have been taken in January-February, June and September. Larval hosts are unknown but they possibly would eat hornbeam, beech, cherry and oak species.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Males use highly developed antennae to detect female scent which is distributed into the wind. Males fly into the wind in a zigzag pattern to detect the pheromone and subsequently locate the female.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

Larval Food Plants

It is hoped that this alphabetical listing followed by the common name of the possible ?? foodplant will prove useful. The list is not exhaustive. Experimenting with closely related foodplants is worthwhile.

Carpinus Fagus Prunus Quercus alba Quercus robar Quercus turneri "pseudoturneri" .......

Hornbeam/Ironwood Beech Cherry White oak English oak Evergreen oak/Turner's oak

The species name is honourific for collector Mayor Edward S. Hagedorn for his efforts in nature conservation on the island of Palawan, Philippines.

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