DISTRIBUTION:

Cerodirphia lojensis (wingspan: males: 63-67mm; females: ??) flies in
Ecuador: Loja: Saraguro; a few kilometers west of Loja, on western slopes at elevations near 2500-2700m. Horst Kach reports them as high as 3500m.

The abdomen is black without white rings. The ground colour on all wings is a uniform brown. The forewings are especially rounded. The Y-shaped discal mark is without yellow prongs, and the black line is unbroken. The fringe is white on the hindwings, concolourous on the forewings.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Specimens have been taken in February. Horst Kach reports a December 30, 1997, flight in Saraguro, Loja, Ecuador.

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.

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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