Copaxa mannana
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Updated as per Lemaire's Attacidae 1978, March 15, 2007
Updated as per personal communication with Bill Garthe; February 17, 2014; August 8, 2014
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Copaxa mannana
Dyar, 1914
Copaxa mannana male copyright protected
courtesy of Kirby Wolfe.
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| TAXONOMY:
Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Saturniinae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Tribe: Saturniini, Boisduval, 1837
Genus: Copaxa, Walker, 1855
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DISTRIBUTION:
Copaxa mannana (wingspan: males: 94mm (BG); females: 90mm (BG) flies at
elevations of 3000m in
Mexico: Hildago; Neuvo Leon: Cilantrillo (BG).
The forewing hyaline spot is narrow and oblong while the hindwing ocellus is large and circular.
Copaxa mannana male, 94mm, Hidalgo, Mexico,
courtesy of Bill Garthe.
FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:
Copaxa mannana larvae feed upon various oak species.
Most of the Copaxa brood continuously so I suspect mannana would be
on the wing every month of the year.Bill Garthe reports a September flight in Neuvo Leon, Mexico.
Copaxa mannana
female copyright protected courtesy of Kirby
Wolfe.
Copaxa mannana female, 90mm, Cilantrillo, Neuvo Leon, Mexico,
September, 2013, courtesy of Bill Garthe.
ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:
Male Copaxa mannana moths use highly developed antennae to locate females shortly after dark by tracking the
airbourne pheromone plume. The female releases this scent into the night air via an organ extended from the tip of the abdomen.
EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:
Copaxa mannana larva copyright protected courtesy of Kirby Wolfe.
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 agrifolia..........
Quercus gambelli
Quercus ilex
Quercus kelloggii
Quercus robur
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Coast live oak
Gambel oak
Holly/Holm oak
California black oak
English oak
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Copaxa mannana gynandromorph
copyright protected courtesy of Kirby Wolfe.
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