DISTRIBUTION:

Cerodirphia opis (wingspan: males: 70-75mm; females: 89-96mm) is endemic to
southeastern Brazil: Rio de Janeiro; Parana; Santa Catarina; Rio Grande do Sul.
Brazil: Santa Catarina: Sao Bento do Sul, -26.249, -49.384, 2005-04-01 (Mirror).

Cerodirphia opis male, August 17, 1969, Santa Catarina, Brazil,
75mm, courtesy of Kelly Price, id and digital repair by Bill Oehlke.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

This moth possibly broods continuously with adults taken in December-January, March-April and August-September. Larval hosts include Croton urucurana.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

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

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

Larve feed gregariously and have urticating spines.

Listed below are the primary food plant(s) and alternate food plants listed in Stephen E. Stone's Foodplants of World Saturniidae and/or from various internet sites. 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.

Croton urucurana.......

Uruchnum/Dragon's blood

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