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Updated as per Heppner's Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera Checklist: Part 4B, 1996, December 2, 2005
Lemaire's Ceratocampinae, December 2, 2005 Updated as per personal communication with Horst Kach, November 2006 Updated as per L. Racheli & T. Racheli, SHILAP, Vol. 33, # 130, 2005, March 2007 Updated as per French Guiana Systematique, February 2008 Updated as per internet posting of Citheronia hamifera image from Asa Wright Centre, northern Trinidad, Mark Harper; July 12, 2011 Updated as per personal communication with Sylvia Barroso (Tiangua, Ceara, Brazil, March 19, 2018); March 20, 2018 |
TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 |
The specimen type locale is Trinidad: Asa Wright Centre (MH).
It is very dificult to distinguish this species from brissotii.
Citheronia hamifera male, Satipo, Peru, by Bernhard Wenczel and Viktor Suter.
Vany and Dominique report a September flight in French Guiana.
Sylvia Barroso reports a March flight in Tiangua, Ceara, Brazil.
Citheronia hamifera hamifera male, November 10, 2004
Lumbaqui, Sucumbios, Ecuador, courtesy of
Horst Kach
Citheronia hamifera hamifera male, November 10, 2004
Lumbaqui, Sucumbios, Ecuador, courtesy of
Horst Kach
Citheronia hamifera hamifera male, February 7, 2004
Pununo, Napo, Ecuador, courtesy of
Horst Kach
Citheronia hamifera hamifera male verso, February 7, 2004
Pununo, Napo, Ecuador, courtesy of
Horst Kach
Citheronia hamifera larvae feed on Privet (Ligustrum), Sallow/Goat willow (Salix capraea) and Indian almond ( Terminalia catappa).
Citheronia hamifera female, Satipo, Peru, by Bernhard Wenczel and Viktor Suter.
Visit Citheronia hamifera, French Guiana, September 9, 2007, courtesy of Vany and Dominique.
Visit Citheronia hamifera male, Tiangua, Ceara, Brazil, March 19, 2018, courtesy of Sylvia Barroso.
The slightly smaller, more brigthly coloured hamifera males use their more highly developed antennae to locate calling females at night.Males of this subfamily have antennae which are quadripectinate for the basal two-thirds of their length. |
Larvae are extremely colourful and armed with "horns" not as pronounced as some other members of this genus.Pupation is underground in a small cell. |
Citheronia hamifera fourth instar, Peru, by Bernhard Wenczel.
Citheronia hamifera, fifth instar, from Peru courtesy of Bernhard Wenczel.
Citheronia hamifera fifth instar, Ecuador, courtesy of Alan Marson.
Ligustrum |
Privet |
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The pronunciation of scientific names is troublesome for many. The "suggestion" at the top of the page is
merely a suggestion. It is based on commonly accepted English pronunciation of Greek names and/or some
fairly well accepted "rules" for latinized scientific names.
The suggested pronunciations, on this page and on other pages, are primarily put forward to assist those who hear with internal ears as they read.
There are many collectors from different countries whose intonations and accents would be different.
The meaning of "hamifera" is 'bearing/carrying "hooks"'. This species' name probably refers to the thoracic tubercles or the spines
emanating from them, or it may refer to some character of the genitalia??