Adeloneivaia bahiana
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Updated as per Entomo Satsphingia Jahrgang 4 Heft 3 23.08.2011; January 27, 2012
Updated as per personal communication with Sylvia Barroso (Tiangua, Ceara, Brazil, March 19, 2018); April 4, 2018
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Adeloneivaia bahiana
Brechlin & Meister, 2011
Adeloneivaia bahiana male, Brazil, courtesy of Eric van Schayck,
tentative identification by Bill Oehlke *.
Adeloneivaia bahiana, male, Presidente Olegario, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
March 30, 2017, courtesy of Gilberto M. Palma, tentative id by Bill Oehlke.
Adeloneivaia bahiana, male, Tiangua Ceara, Brazil,
March 13, 2018, courtesy of Sylvia Barroso, tentative id by Bill Oehlke.
This site has been created by Bill Oehlke. Comments, suggestions and/or additional information are welcomed by Bill.
TAXONOMY:
Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Ceratocampinae Harris, 1841
was Citheroniinae Neumoegen & Dyar, 1894
Genus: Adeloneivaia, Travassos, 1940
Speces: bahiana, Brechlin & Meister, 2011
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DISTRIBUTION:
Adeloneivaia bahiana
(approximate wingspan: males: 46mm; females: larger // forewing length: males: 21mm; females: larger) flies in
Brazil: Bahia: Encruzilhada; at elevations of aproximately 600m.
Forewings are orangey-brown, slightly darker brown in the basal and terminal areas. The thin, dark am line is straight and runs perpendicular to the inner margin to
the costa. The thin, dark pm line is slightly pre-apical, almost straight in its course, with a slight bend downward outside the cell. The outer margin is straight,
slightly oblique. The circular cell mark is dark.
The hindwing is a very pale orangey-white with a hint of a slightly darker, diffuse, preapical median band, stronger near the apex and disappearing near the cell
which is devoid of any marking.
The species name, bahiana, is indicative of a specimen type location in Bahia, Brazil.
* Regarding the image at the very top of the page, wing shape, colour and pattern are a good match for Entomo Satsphingia image of
Adeloneivaia bahiana, but I have no location data except for Brazil,
so I am not certain of identification. Bill Oehlke
FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:
Adeloneivaia bahiana fly in March. There are probably additional flight months.
ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:
Adult Adeloneivaia bahianai moths emerge from pupae, and males are smaller than females.
Mating probably begins shortly after dusk with a likely calling period from 10:30 pm. to 1:00 am.
EGGS, LARVAE AND PUPAE:
Night-flying females lay translucent eggs on host plant leaves.
Larvae pupate underground in small chambers.
Care of larvae and pupae should be as for any Neotropical species.
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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