CITHERONIOIDES OF THE WORLD

CITHERONIOIDES OF THE WORLD

CITHERONIOIDES LEMAIRE, 1987

Citheronioides collaris male, Los Bancos Pachijal, Pichincha, Ecuador,
August 17, 2010, 1000m, courtesy of Horst Kach.

Citheronioides collaris female, Los Bancos Pachijal, Pichincha, Ecuador,
August 17, 2010, 1000m, courtesy of Horst Kach.

Citheronioides belong to the Subfamily Ceratocampinae of the Family Saturniidae.

Eggs are translucent and the developing larvae can be seen through the egg shells.

Like all the Ceratocampinae, the larvae are well-endowed with long thoracic "horns".

Citheronioides collaris larva courtesy of Dan Janzen.

Mature larvae descend trees to pupate in subterranean chambers.

These moths fly in Central America and in South America.

P indicates a photograph is available. The first country listed is the type locality.

Listing of Citheronioides

P collaris (W. Rothschild, 1907) Ecuador, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia; probably El Salvador

P lamata (Schaus, 1933), Guatemala
lamata Schaus, 1933, Guatemala, is a synonym?? for collaris; possibly with a revision to independent species status??

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