DISTRIBUTION:

Cerodirphia roseamazonica (wingspan: males: 85mm; females: // Mfwl: ; Ffwl: ) flies in
Peru: Amazonas; San Martin; Loreto; and
Ecuador: Pastaza.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Specimens have been recorded on the wing in at elevations of . There may be additional flight months.

Cerodirphia roseamazonica female ( probably this female is amamartinensis), Montenegro, Amazonas, Peru,
December, 900m, on my home computer only.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Males use highly developed antennae to locate females at night by tracking their airbourne pheromone plumes.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

Larve feed gregariously and have urticating spines.

The species name, roseamazonica, is indicative of a species with a specimen type in Amazonas, Peru, and a rosy tint in the forewing and hindwing basal median area of the male. The female is quite reddish.

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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