Syntherata cernyi Updated as per Wikispecies, April 14, 2011
Updated as per Entomo Satsphingia Yarhrgang 3 Heft 10.03.2010; September 28, 2015

Syntherata cernyi
Brechlin, 2010

Syntherata cernyi HT male, 108mm, 160km west of Nabire, Irian Jaya,
December 12, 1993, 1700m, 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: Syntherata, Maassen, 1873

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DISTRIBUTION:

Syntherata cernyi (wingspan: males: 90-108HT-112mm; females: 118mm// forewing length: males: 46-60mm; females: 63mm) flies in
Indonesia: Irian Jaya, 160 km east of Nabire, Enarotali, at elevations of 1700 m.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Specimens were collected December 12, 1993 by Brechlin and Cerny.

Syntherata cernyi AT female, 118mm, 1700m, on my home computer only.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Females extend a scent gland from the tip of their abdomens to "call" the males. Males use their antennae to hone in on the airbourne pheromone.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

White, ovate eggs are deposited in rows of 8-12 on hostplant foliage.

Larvae pupate in stiff oval cocoons spun up among food-plant or nearby vegetation.

The species name is honourific for K. Cerny.

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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