Dirphiopsis curvilineata

Dirphiopsis curvilineata

Dirphiopsis curvilineata
Thibaud Decaëns, Kirby Wolfe & Daniel Herbin (2003)
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Dirphiopsis curvilineata male (copyright), Santa Cruz (Bolivia), courtesy of Thibaud Decaens.

TAXONOMY:

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

MIDI MUSIC

"What.A.Wonderful.World"
copyright C. Odenkirk
MIDI CITY
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DISTRIBUTION:

Dirphiopsis curvilineata flies in cloud forest on the old road Cochabamba to Santa Cruz, 2700m of elevation in Bolivia.
Dirphiopsis curvilineata male, Bolivia, BOLD Systems.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Larvae accept Rhus species in captivity.

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.
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.

Rhus..........

Sumac

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