Attacus lorquinii banghaasi
Gschwandner, 1920
Attacus lorquinii banghaasi male, Mt. Malasembo, Mindoro, Philippines
228mm, August, 1998, on my home computer only.
TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 |
DISTRIBUTION:
Attacus lorquinii banghaasi (wingspan: males: 228mm; females // forewing length: males: honorific for Banghaas) flies in the Philippines: Mindoro: Mt Malasembo; it is no longer (2016, Brechlin) considered a synonym of crameri nor of lorquinii.
The fenestrae tend to be intermediate in size between the smaller fenestarae of subspecies calayanensis and the larger fenestrae of the nominate subspecies from Luzon. Subspecies banghaasi also tends to be not as dark as either of the other two subspecies.
Probably location is the best determiner between nominate lorquinii (Luzon), philippina (Negros and Panay) and lorquinii calayanensis (Calayan Islands).
FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:
A specimen has been taken in August. There are probably additional flight months.
Life cycyle is unknown.
ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:
Females extend a scent gland from the posterior tip of the abdomen to call in night-flying males.
EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS, AND PUPAE:
Eggs are relatively large and larvae pass through at least five instars, probably spinning double-walled cocoons
which hang from a tree branches via a strong silken peduncles.
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.
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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