Automeris denudata
Updated as per personal communication with Jurgen Vanhoudt; January 2014
Updated as per personal communication with Jurgen Vanhoudt (pupae image); January 2014

Automeris denudata
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Bouvier 1930

TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Hemileucinae, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Tribe: Hemileucini, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Genus: Automeris, Hubner, 1819

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DISTRIBUTION:

Automeris denudata (wingspan: males: mm; females: 5mm) flies in
Panama; and in
Costa Rica.

This species was recently given full species status, being removed from synonymity with Automeris banus.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Moths are on the wing in ??.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Males use their more highly developed antennae to seek out females who release an airbourne pheromone into the night sky.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

Early instar larvae are quite gregarious and have urticating spines.

Automeris denudata pupae, Costa Rica,
courtesy of Jurgen van Houdt.

Larval Food Plants


It is hoped that this alphabetical listing followed by the common name of the anticipated foodplant will prove useful. The list is not exhaustive. Experimenting with closely related foodplants is worthwhile.

Fagus sylvatica.......
Quercus

European beech
Oak

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