DISTRIBUTION:

Lonomia quintanarooensis quintanarooensis (wingspan: males: 73-80mm; females: // forewing length: males: 38-42mm; females mm) flies in
Mexico: Quintana Roo, at elevations of 20-450m.

Lonomia quintanarooensis quintanarooensis HT male, 73mm, Yucata, nQuintana Roo, Mexico,
July 2, 2005, 20m, on my home computer only.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Specimens have been taken in February and June-July. Moths are probably on the wing throughout the year.

The larval host is unknown.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Females emit a scent into the night sky. Males fly into the wind and track the pheromone plume with their antennae.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

Typical of the Subfamily Hemileucinae, Lonomia species all have urticating spines.

Larvae are gregarious.

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.

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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 "Lonomia" chosen by Walker in 1855.

The species/subspecies names "quintanarooensis quintanarooensis" are indicative of a specimen type locale in Quintanaroo, Mexico.

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