DISTRIBUTION:

Adelowalkeria kitchingi (wingspan: males: mm; females: mm) flies in
eastern Ecuador: Napo; Orellana at 600m; and also in
Peru: Madre de Dios at 1200m; and in
Bolivia: La Paz.

Adelowalkeria kitchingi male, Nor Yungas, La Paz, Bolivia,
courtesy of Thibaud Decaens and G. Lecourt, id by Bill Oehlke.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Moths have been taken in July-August and there are probably flights in other months.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Females "call" at night with an airbourne pheromone. Males fly into the night sky and pick up the scent witht their antennae.

EGGS, LARVAE AND PUPAE:

Larvae have well developed thoracic spines in the early instars. Pupation is in a subterranean chamber.

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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