Adelowalkeria flavoboliviana
Updated as per Entomo-Satsphingia Yarhgang 4 Heft 3 23.08.2011; December 16, 2012

Adelowalkeria flavoboliviana
Brechlin & Meister, 2011

Adelowalkeria flavoboliviana pair, Nor Yungas, La Paz, Bolivia,
courtesy of Thibaud Decaens and G. Lecourt.

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TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Ceratocampinae, Harris, 1841
was Adelowalkeriinae: Travassos & Noronha, 1967
Genus: Adelowalkeria, Travassos, 1941

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DISTRIBUTION:

Adelowalkeria flavoboliviana (wingspan: males: mm; females: mm) flies in
eastern Bolivia: Chuquisaca; La Paz; and Beni at elevations near 350-1000-1800m; and also in
Peru: Madre de Dios at 1200m.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Moths have been taken in November-December in Bolivia and in September in Peru and probably flies 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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