DISTRIBUTION:

Paradirphia rectilineata (wingspan: males: 53-55mm; females: 61-65mm) flies in
Honduras: Cortes, Ocotopeque, Francisco Morazan (CL), Cortés, Francisco Morazán, Intibucá (Ronald D. Cave), probably Lempira, Comayagua and Yoro; and
El Salvador: Santa Ana, Metapan; at moderate elevation in cloud forests (1950-2150m).

Paradirphia rectilineata male, Honduras, courtesy of Ronald D. Cave.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Specimens have been taken in July and August.

Larvae feed on Prunus.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Females extend a scent gland from the tip of the abdomen, and the night-flying males pick up and track the airbourne pheromone plume with their well-developed antennae.

Paradirphia rectilineata PT female, P N Montecristo, Metapan, El Salvador,
July 27, 1994, Claude Lemaire, on my home computer only.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

Eggs are deposited in clusters on hostplant foliage.

Paradirphia rectilineata larvae are highly gregarious and have the urticating spines typical of larvae from the Subfamily Hemileucinae.

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.

Prunus.....

Cherry

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