Automeris intertridens
Updated as per Witt Museum Lists
Updated as per Global Mirror System of DNA Barcoding Analysis (locations and dates of BOLD submissions), December, 2011
Updated as per personal communication with Chris Williams (Golfito, Costa Rica); February 18, 2016

Automeris intertridens
Brechlin & Meister 2011

Automeris intertridens male, 83mm, Golfito, Costa Rica,
courtesy of Chris Williams, id by Bill Oehlke.

TAXONOMY:

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

MIDI MUSIC

"Someone to Watch Over Me"
copyright C. Odenkirk
ON.OFF
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DISTRIBUTION:

Automeris intertridens (wingspan: males: 83mm; females: mm) flies in
Costa Rica: Coto Brus: surrounding area Agua Buena, 2001-03-14;
Nicaragua: Jinotega: El Gobiado, Pierre Schmit, 2006-09-16;
Nicaragua: Rio San Juan: Sarapiqui, collected by Pierre Schmit, 2006-09-26;
Nicaragua: Nueva Segovia: `El Horno` 11 km north of Dipilto, 2007-05-19.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

A specimen has been taken in Costa Rica, March 14, 2003. Specimens have been taken in Nicaragua in May and in September.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

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

Automeris intertridens female, Golfito, Costa Rica,
courtesy of Chris Williams, id by Bill Oehlke.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

Eggs are deposited in clusters of 6-40+ on hostplant twigs. Larvae have urticating spines and are gregarious, especially in the early instars.

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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