Adeloneivaia nigripunctata
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Updated as per Lemaire's Ceratocampinae 1988, September 28, 2006
Updated as per Entomo Satsphingia Jahrgang 4 Heft 3 23.08.2011; January 27, 2012
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Adeloneivaia nigripunctata
Lemaire, 1982
Adeloneivaia nigripunctata male, courtesy of
Horst Kach.
Syssphinx bidens/jasonoides ?, Calderon, Esmeraldas, Ecuador,
December 7, 2013, 100m, courtesy of Jean-Marc Gayman
Syssphinx bidens/jasonoides ?, verso, Calderon, Esmeraldas, Ecuador,
December 7, 2013, 100m, courtesy of Jean-Marc Gayman
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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: nigripunctata, Lemaire, 1982
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DISTRIBUTION:
Adeloneivaia nigripunctata
moth (wingspan: males: 72-90mm; females: 104-117mm)
flies in semi-arid regions of southwestern
Ecuador: Canar, Manabi.
Horst Kach has also found them in northwestern Ecuador (Los Bancos, Mindo, also Lita) and all along the coast from south to north.
The outer margin of the male hindwing is always convex. There is usually a generous sprinkling of black dots on the forewings.
This moth now has full species status as Adeloneivaia nigripunctata, which I believe is the correct spelling, not nigripuncta as
per Brechlin & Meister 2011?
In personal email, Ron Brechlin (December 23, 2012) indicates nigripunctata flies in
Nicaragua,
Costa Rica,
Panama,
western Colombia and
western Ecuador, but not into Peru or further south.
Adeloneivaia nigripunctata male, Yasuni National Park (Napo), Ecuador,
October 1, 2003, courtesy/copyright
Charles Bordelon and Ed Knudson.
FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:
Adeloneivaia nigripunctata fly in February-March (Lemaire).
Horst Kach reports them on the wing from November until June.
The hostplant for caterpillar is Inga vera according to
Horst Kach.
Adeloneivaia nigripunctata female, courtesy of
Horst Kach.
ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:
Adult Adeloneivaia nigripunctata moths emerge from pupae, and
males are slightly smaller than females.
Mating probably
begins shortly after dusk.
EGGS, LARVAE AND PUPAE:
Night-flying females lay
translucent eggs on host plant leaves.
Adeloneivaia nigripunctata fourth instar, courtesy of
Horst Kach.
Adeloneivaia nigripunctata fifth instar,
courtesy of Horst Kach.
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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