DISTRIBUTION:

Automerina carina (wingspan: males: mm; females: mm) flies in
Peru: Madre de Dios: Salvasion, 1997-11-01.

The Holotype is from Peru: Madre de Dios: Rio Carbon, Manu Nationalpark, Camicana Chico, 1000 m, VII./VIII.1997.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Specimens have been taken in July-August and November. There may also be flights in other months.

Automerina carina HT male (verso), Camicana Chico, Manu Park, Madre de Dios, Peru,
1000m, July-August, 1997, courtesy of Bernhard Wenczel.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Males use their more highly developed antennae to seek out females who release an airbourne pheromone into the night sky.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

Eggs are deposited in clusters of 6-40+ on hostplant twigs. Larvae have urticating spines and are gregarious, especially in the early instars.

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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Automerina carina