Ceratesa hemirhodia
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Updated as per Lemaire's Ceratocampinae 1988, September 26, 2006
Updated as per personal communication with Nigel venters (Tucuman City, Tucuman, Argentina, October 9, 2009), October 2009
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Ceratesa hemirhodia
(W. Rothschild, 1907)
Adelocephala
Ceratesa hemirodia male, collected in Bolivia, Chuquisaca,
2800m, by G. Lecourt
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TAXONOMY:
Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Ceratocampinae Harris, 1841
was Citheroniinae Neumoegen & Dyar, 1894
Genus: Ceratesa, Michener, 1949
Speces: hemirhodia, (W. Rothschild, 1907) |
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DISTRIBUTION:
Ceratesa hemirhodia
(wingspan: males: 42-51mm; females: 57-62mm) flies from
northwestern
Argentina: Salta; Tucuman: Tucuman City;
Catamarca; to
eastern
Bolivia: Chuquisaca.
Ceratesa hemirhodia male, 800m above Tucuman City, Tucuman, Argentina,
wingspan 50mm, October 9, 2009, courtesy of Nigel Venters.
FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:
Ceratesa
hemirhodia flies in January and October (NV) and possibly at other times.
Larval hosts are unknown.
Ceratesa hemirodia female
ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:
Adult Ceratesa hemirhodia moths emerge
from subterranean pupae, and
males are slightly smaller than females, and females' forewings are
more rounded at the apex.
EGGS, LARVAE AND PUPAE:
Night-flying females lay translucent
eggs on host plant leaves. The developing larvae can be seen through the egg shells.
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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