DISTRIBUTION:

Cerodirphia vagans (wingspan: males: 49-53-60mm; females: 64-67mm // Mfwl: 24-26mm; Ffwl: ) flies in
Brazil: Rio de Janeiro; Parana (CM); Sao Paulo; Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, and in
Argentina: Misiones.

Cerodirphia parvagans is often hard to distinguish from C. vagans and some of the larger wingspan measurements above, may apply to the larger, on average, parvagans. Generally parvagans has more rounded forewing apices.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

This moth probably broods continuously.

Cerodirphia vagans/parvagans?? female, December 22, 1969, Santa Catarina, Brazil,
65mm, courtesy of Kelly Price.

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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Cerodirphia vagans male, 49mm, Santa Catarina, Brazil,
on my home computer only.

Cerodirphia vagans female, 65mm, Santa Catarina, Brazil,
on my home computer only.