Adelowalkeria siriae
Updated as per Entomo-Satsphingia Yarhgang 4 Heft 3 23.08.2011; December 16, 2012
Updated as per personal communication with Reinhard Foerster (Myrocarpus frondosus, Misiones, Argentina, October); December 16, 2012

Adelowalkeria siriae
Brechlin & Meister, 2011

Adelowalkeria siriae male, Dos des Mayo, Misiones, Argentina,
October 28 2008, courtesy of Reinhard Foerster.

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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 siriae (wingspan: males: mm; females: mm) flies in
eastern Argentina: Misiones.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Moths have been taken in April and again in October-November, suggesting at least two broods.

Adelowalkeria siriae female, Dos des Mayo, Misiones, Argentina,
October 27 2008, courtesy of Reinhard Foerster.

Adelowalkeria siriae pair (verso), Dos de Mayo, Misiones, Argentina,
courtesy of Reinhard Foerster.

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.

Adelowalkeria siriae fifth instar, Misiones, Argentina,
courtesy/copyright Reinhard Foerster.

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.

Myrocarpus frondosus .......

Myrocarpus frondosus

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