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Updated as per
Heppner's Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera Checklist: Part 4B, 1996, November 30, 2005 Lemaire's Ceratocampinae, November 30, 2005 Updated as per personal communication with Steve Kohll, January 2007 Updated as per personal communication with Horst Kach (Esmeraldas/October), February 2007 Updated as per L. Racheli & T. Racheli, SHILAP, Vol. 33, # 130, 2005, March 2007 Updated as per "An update checklist for the Saturniidae of Ecuador. Part II: .... " in SHILAP Revta. lepid 34 (135), 2006: 197-211 L. & T. Racheli, September 2007 Updated as per French Guiana Systematique, February 2008 Updated as per http://www.inbio.ac.cr/bims/k02/p05/c029/o0119/f00885.htm IB Updated as per personal communication with Steve Ife (Misahualli, Napo, ecuador, March 3-4, 2009), March 2009 |
TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 |
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Eacles penelope male, French Guiana,
courtesy of Alex Cahurel.
Eacles penelope male, French Guiana,
courtesy of Alex Cahurel.
Vladimir Izersky reports a November flight in Junin, Peru.
Visit
Eacles penelope Rio Venado, Junin, Peru, November 19, 2007, 1050m, courtesy of Vladimir Izersky.
Visit Eacles penelope male, March 3-4, 2009, Misahualli, Napo, Ecuador, courtesy of Steve Ife.
Eacles penelope male, Misahualli, Napo, Ecuador,
October 30, 2003, courtesy of Horst Kach.
Eacles penelope male (verso), Misahualli, Napo, Ecuador,
October 30, 2003, courtesy of Horst Kach.
Eacles penelope female, Pozuzo (Oxapampa-Pasco-Perú),
courtesy of Viktor Suter and Bernhard Wenczel.
Eacles penelope, female, French Guiana, courtesy of Carlot Didier.
Eacles penelope female, Durango, Esmeraldas, Ecuador,
January 21, 2007, courtesy of Horst Kach.
Eacles penelope female (verso), Durango, Esmeraldas, Ecuador,
January 21, 2007, courtesy of Horst Kach.
Eacles penelope female, Durango, Esmeraldas, Ecuador,
January 21, 2007, courtesy of Horst Kach.
Eacles penelope female, French Guiana,
courtesy of Alex Cahurel.
Yellow, translucent eggs are deposited singly or in small clusters of up to six. The larvae become visible through the egg shells a day or so before emerging.Image courtesy of Bruno Penin. |
Larvae are solitary in their feeding habits and may exhibit a basic brown or green colouration after the third instar. |
Lengths of up to 11 cm are
attained at larval maturity at
which time larvae descend trees to pupate in underground chambers. |
Larvae continue to exhibit unusally large anal claspers into final instar.Pupae should be stored under cool , but above freezing temperatures, and sprinkling with water a few times a week in June encourages July eclosions. Visit Eacles penelope all instars and pupa, courtesy of Alan Marson. |
Eacles penelope, male, French Guiana, courtesy of Carlot Didier.
Eucalyptus gunnii |
Cider Gum |
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The pronunciation of scientific names is
troublesome for many. The "suggestion" at the top of the page is
merely a suggestion. It is based on commonly
accepted English pronunciation of Greek names and/or some
fairly well accepted "rules" for latinized scientific names.
The suggested pronunciations, on this page and on other pages,
are primarily put forward to assist those who hear with internal
ears as they read.
There are many collectors from different countries whose
intonations and accents would be different.
Some of the early describers/namers chose genus
and species names indicating some character of the insect, but more
often, they simply chose names from Greek or Roman mythology or
history. Those species names which end in "ensis" indicate a
specimen locale, and those which end in "i", pronounced "eye", honour
a contempory friend/collector/etc.
I do not know the source of the genus
name "Eacles", but it may be a combination of
"Ea", the Greek word for gods and goddesses and the Greek
suffix "cles", meaning 'glory of'.
The species name "penelope" is for the mythic heroine Penelope
who married Ulysses. During his absence she was pursued by
many suitors. She promised to marry one once she had finished
making a robe. She worked on the robe during the day, undoing
the work at night.
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