Adeloneivaia diluta
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Updated as per Lemaire's Ceratocampinae 1988, September 28, 2006
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Adeloneivaia diluta
(W. Rothschild, 1907)
Othorene
Adeloneivaia diluta males, copyright protected, courtesy of Kirby Wolfe.
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TAXONOMY:
Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Ceratocampinae Harris, 1841
was Citheroniinae Neumoegen & Dyar, 1894
Genus: Adeloneivaia, Travassos, 1940
Speces: diluta, (W. Rothschild, 1907)
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DISTRIBUTION:
The Adeloneivaia diluta moth
(wingspan: males: 43-54mm; females: 64-66mm) flies
in Bolivia,
Argentina and
Brazil. This moth is probably the same as
Adeloneivaia sabulosa sabulosa.
FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:
Adeloneivaia diluta probably flies in at least two distinct broods in January - February
and then again in July.
Larvae feed on Acacia baileyana.
ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:
Adult Adeloneivaia diluta moths emerge
from pupae, and
males are slightly smaller than females.
Mating begins shortly after dusk with a calling period from 10:30 pm. to 1:00 am.
A light rainfall or mist seems to stimulate additional flight or eclosions resulting in more moths on the wing, or at least taken at lights, but
overall this species is infrequent at lights and very erratic in flight when approaching.
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.
Adeloneivaia diluta larva, copyright protected, courtesy of Kirby Wolfe.
Listed below are the primary food plant(s) and alternate food plants
listed in Stephen E. Stone's Foodplants of World Saturniidae, with additions from various internet sources. 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.
Acacia baileyana........
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Bailey's acacia
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