Adelowalkeria plateada
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Updated as per Lemaire's Ceratocampinae 1988, September 30, 2006
SHILAP: Notes on some Saturniidae from Albania (Caqueta Department), Racheli and Vinciguerra, 2005
Updated as per L. Racheli & T. Racheli, SHILAP, Vol. 33, # 130, 2005, March 2007
Corrected as per personal communication with Carlos Mielke, April 3, 2007
Updated as per personal communication with Charles Bordelon (August flight), August, 2007
Updated as per French Guiana Systematique, February 2008
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Adelowalkeria plateada
(Schaus, 1905)
Adelowalkeria plateada, courtesy of JLG, id by Carlos Mielke.
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Bill Oehlke at oehlkew@islandtelecom.com
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 Adelowalkeriinae: Travassos & Noronha, 1967
Genus: Adelowalkeria, Travassos, 1941
Species: plateada, Schaus, 1905
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DISTRIBUTION:
Adelowalkeria plateada
(wingspan: males: 55-75mm; females: 97mm) flies in
Guyana: Omai;
Colombia: Caqueta and probably Amazonas
and Putamayo;
Ecuador: Napo and probably Sucumbios, probably witti;
Venezuela: Bolivar, Amazonas;
French Guiana: Saint-Jean-du-Maroni, Saul, Kaw;
Brazil: Para, Amazonas, Mato Grosso; and probably
Suriname.
Racheli and Racheli (2005) report it from Peru:
Amazonas. That is , probably witti.
Adelowalkeria plateada male, French Guiana,
courtesy of Eric van Schayck
The wavy/undulate postmedian line in the male forewing distinguishes
this species.
There are often black dots in the median area.
FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:
There are
possibly two-three broods of Adelowalkeria plateada annually
in June, August and December.
Larval hosts are unknown.
ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:
Females probably call from 10:30 pm until 12:30 am and then make their
ovipositing flights from 10:30 pm until 2:00 am over the next
several nights.
EGGS, LARVAE AND PUPAE:
Larvae descend tree trunks at maturity to dig subterranean chambers in
which to pupate.
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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Adelowalkeria plateada female, Claude Lemaire, on my home computer only
Adelowalkeria plateada female, Saul, French Guiana,
October, P. Collet, French Guiana Systematique, on my home computer only.