DISTRIBUTION:

Antheraea semperi noeli (wingspan: males: approx. 123mm; females: 147mm) flies in the Philippines. It was originally reported as endemic to Mindoro, but Ismael and Marie Lumawig indicate it is also present on Panay, Luzon and the Visayas. They may or may not?? have it confused with nominate semperi.

(Etymology: named after Noel MOHAGAN, who collected the taxon on Mindoro.)

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Antheraea semperi noeli, (more likley nominate semperi) female, Panay, Philippines, courtesy of Imogene Rillo.

Antheraea semperi noeli female, 147mm, Mindoro, Philippines,
courtesy of Ulrich Paukstadt.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Females attract the night flying males with an airbourne pheromone.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

Larval Food Plants

Listed below are primary food plant(s) and alternate food plants listed in Stephen E. Stone's Foodplants of World Saturniidae. 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.

Quercus turneri......

Oak

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