Hylesia scortina host plant
Updated as per personal communication with Larry Valentine (Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil, late June); June 2009

Hylesia scortina
Draudt, 1929

Hylesia scortina male, Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
June 30, 2009, courtesy of Larry Valentine.

TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Hemileucinae, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Tribe: Hemileucinae, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Genus: Hylesia, Hubner, [1820]

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Larry Valentine reared out a larvae of Hylesia scortina on the following hostplant. Please send identification of this larval host plant to Bill Oehlke

Hylesia scortina host plant, Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Hylesia scortina host plant, Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Hylesia scortina host plant, Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Hylesia scortina host plant, Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

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