Copaxa rudloffi
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Updated as per Entomo-Satsphingia Jahrgang 3 Heft 3 28.06.2010 (forewing length: 48-54mm, Costa Rica, Nicaragua); February 20, 2013
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Copaxa rudloffi
koh-PAX-uhMRUDD-loff-eye
Brechlin & Meister 2010
Copaxa rudloffi male, Kiri Lodge, Orosi, Cartago, Costa Rica,
4000 feet, May 6, 2008, courtesy/copyright
Leroy Simon.
Copaxa rudloffi male, Uvita, Puntarenas, Costa Rica,
October 2010, courtesy of Philippe Brems.
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| TAXONOMY:
Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Saturniinae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Tribe: Saturniini, Boisduval, 1837
Genus: Copaxa, Walker, 1855
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DISTRIBUTION:
Copaxa rudloffi
(wingspan: males: 91-97mm; females: mm // forewing length: males: 48-54mm; females: 51mm) flies in
Costa Rica: Puntarenas; and
Nicaragua: Managua; at elevations of 860m.
Males have both red forms and brown forms.
It is considerably smaller than Copaxa moinieri which has a male forewing length of 60-62mm, but the apex tends to be more produced
in the smaller rudloffi.
Copaxa rudloffi also tends to show more contrast and more red than in the more evenly coloured, lighter brown moinieri.
FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:
Copaxa rudloffi larvae probably feed upon avocado (Persea americana).
Most of the Copaxa brood continuously so I suspect
rudloffi would be on the wing every month of the year. Specimens have been taken in May and September.
This species is quite similar to C. moinieri (mfwl:60-62mm), but C. rudloffi is much smaller.
There are both reddish and brown forms of Copaxa rudloffi.
ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:
Male Copaxa rudloffi moths use highly developed antennae to locate
females by tracking the airbourne pheromone plume. The female releases this scent into the air via an organ extended
from the tip of the abdomen.
EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:
It is hoped that this alphabetical listing followed by the common name of the anticipated foodplant will
prove useful. The list is not exhaustive. Experimenting with closely
related foodplants is worthwhile.
Persea americana .......
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Avocado
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The species name is honourific for Jan-Peter Rudloff.
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