Pseudautomeris subcoronis
Updated as per Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2002, February, 2008
Updated as per personal communication with Carlos Mielke (Parana), April 2008
Updated as per personal communication with Enio Branco, Tapirai, Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 26, 2016

Pseudautomeris subcoronis
Lemaire, 1967

Pseudautomeris subcoronis male, Tapirai, Sao Paulo, Brazil,
October 1, 2014, courtesy of Enio Branco, id by Bill Oehlke.

Pseudautomeris subcoronis male, Tapirai, Sao Paulo, Brazil,
August 19, 2014, courtesy of Enio Branco, id by Bill Oehlke.

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TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Hemileucinae, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Tribe: Hemileucini, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Genus: Pseudautomeris, Lemaire, 1967

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DISTRIBUTION:

Pseudautomeris subcoronis (wingspan: males: 73-91mm; females: 84-112mm) flies in
southeastern Brazil: Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo, Parana (CM).

Compared to P. coronis, this species is smaller and lighter in colour. Also the abdomen is brown instead of black.

Visit a series of Pseudautomeris subcoronis males, Tapirai, Sao Paulo, courtesy of Enio Branco.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

This moth likely has at least two broods: April-May and again in August.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Females extend a scent gland from the tip of the abdomen to call in the night-flying males. Most male activity occurs in the two hours before midnight.

Pseudautomeris subcoronis female, Santa Catarina, Brazil,
April 11, 1969, rendering by Bill Oehlke.

Pseudautomeris subcoronis female, Santa Catarina, Brazil,
April 11, 1969, Claude Lemaire, on my home computer only.

Pseudautomeris subcoronis female, more likely brasiliensis, courtesy of Bernhard Wenczel.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

Pseudautomeris subcoronis larvae are similar to Automeris larvae, being gregarious and having urticating spines.


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.

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