Copaxa yungallita
Updated as per Entomo Satsphingia, Jahrgang 5 Heft 2 2012; July 6, 2012
Updated as per personal communication with Ron Brechlin, July 6, 2012

Copaxa yungallita
koh-PAX-uhMyun-guh-LEE-tuh
Brechlin & Meister 2012

Copaxa yungallita male, Chapare, Bolivia, T. Decaëns & G. Lecourt,
tentative id as yungallita by Ron Brechlin, July, 2012.

Copaxa yungallita HT male, La Paz, Bolivia,
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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 yungallita (wingspan: males: mm; females: mm // forewing length: males: 54-56mm; females: mm) flies in
Bolivia: Chapare; La Paz (ESs); at elevations near 1000-1800m.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Copaxa yungallita larvae probably feed upon avocado (Persea americana).

Most of the Copaxa brood continuously so I suspect yungallita would be on the wing every month of the year. Thus far it has been reported in February-March-April in Bolivia.

Copaxa yungallita female, Chapare, Bolivia, T. Decaëns & G. Lecourt,
tentative id as yungallita by Ron Brechlin, July 6, 2012

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Male Copaxa yungallita 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 .......

Avocado

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