Antheraea yamamai yoshimotoi

Updated as per personal communication with Vadim Zolotuhin, August, 2009

Antheraea yamamai yoshimotoi
Inoue, 1965

Antheraea yamamai yoshimotoi, Okinawa Island,
from collection of Mr. Kishida, courtesy of Katsumi Ishizuka.

Mr. Kishida is very interested in the Arctiidae and welcomes trades and correspondence. Email: kishida@po2.hosen.ne.jp

TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Saturniinae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Tribe: Saturniini, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Genus: Antheraea, Hubner, [1819]

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DISTRIBUTION:

The Antheraea yamamai yoshimotoi moth flies in Japan: Okinawa.
Antheraea yamamai yoshimotoi, PT male, northern Okinawa, 1963, courtesy of Vadim Zolotuhin.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

This sub-species is probably single-brooded, and larvae probably feed on chestnuts and oaks.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Females attract the night flying males with an airbourne pheromone.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS, AND PUPAE:

I believe the egg stage is the diapausing stage for this species. Eggs overwinter affixed to twigs and stems and emerge in the spring with warming temperatures.

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.

Quercus acutissima......

Oak

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