Syntherata papuensis Updated as per Wikispecies, April 15, 2011
Updated as per Entomo Satsphingia Yahrgang 3 Heft 10.03.2010; September 30, 2015

Syntherata papuensis
Brechlin, 2010

Syntherata papuensis HT male, 119mm, Kuper Range, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea,
April 10, 1999, 2200m, 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 papuensis (wingspan: males: 119mm; females: // forewing length: males: 58-60mm; females: ) flies in
eastern Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Kuper range, road Wau-Biaru, 2200 m., 07º30'S, 146º48'E.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Specimens were collected April 8-13, 1999, by Deumer, Schaarschmidt & Michalczyk. I suspect there are additional flight months.

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.

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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