Dirphiopsis cochabambensis
Updated as per Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2002, February, 2008
This page has been updated August 24, 2015, based on reference material for Argentina, sent to me by Ezequiel Bustos, as cited in a recent publication: NÚÑEZ: Catálogo preliminar de Saturniidae de Argentina TROP. LEPID. RES., 25(1): 22-33, 2015 31.

Dirphiopsis cochabambensis
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Lemaire, 1977

Dirphiopsis cochabambensis male (copyright), Chapare (Bolivia), courtesy of Kirby Wolfe.

TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family Saturniidae Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Hemileucinae, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Tribe: Hemileucini, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Genus: Dirphiopsis, Bouvier, 1928

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DISTRIBUTON:

Dirphiopsis cochabambensis (wingspan: males: 73mm; females: 91mm) flies in the South Andean region of
Bolivia: Cochabamba, Santa Cruz, Chuquisaca in low to medium elevation andean forests (450 - 2500 m).

Ezequiel Osvaldo Núñez Bustos sent me a paper in August 2015 which includes Dirphiopsis cochabambensis in northwestern Argentina.

Dirphiopsis cochabambensis male, Bolivia, courtesy of Eric van Schayck.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Specimens have been taken in January-May and October-December.

Larval hosts are unknown.

Dirphiopsis cochabambensis female, Bolivia, courtesy of Eric van Schayck.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Males use highly developed antennae to locate females at night by tracking her airbourne pheromone plume.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

Eggs are laid in large clusters and larvae feed gregariously. Typical of the Subfamily Hemileucinae, Dirphiopsis species all have urticating spines.

Dirphiopsis cochabambensis larva (copyright) courtesy of Kirby Wolfe.

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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