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Updated as per Heppner's Checklist: Part 4B 1996, December 8, 2005 Updated as per Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2002, December 8, 2005 Updated as per foodplant via personal communication with Alfonso Pescador, December 8, 2005 |
TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 |
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DISTRIBUTION:The Hylesia colimatifex moth (wingspan: males: 31-43mm; females: 54-60mm) flies in Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima and Oaxaca along the Pacific Coast of Mexico.Hylesia colimatifex male (Mexico) courtesy of Dr. Manuel A. Balcazar Lara |
According to Alfonso Pescador, larvae feed on Guazuma ulmifolia, a member of the Sterculiaceae family.
This species probably broods continuously on a three month cycle.
Hylesia colimatifex larvae are highly gregarious and have the urticating spines typical of larvae from the Subfamily Hemileucinae.
Guazuma ulmifolia ....... |
Mutamba |
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I do not know the origin of the species name colimatifex, but
it is probably derived from the specimen type locality of Colima, Mexico.
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