Dirphiopsis herbini
Updated as per Kirby Wolfe CD, February 2008
Updates as per BOLD Systems, February 2008

Dirphiopsis herbini
DIRF-ee-op-sisMHER-bin-eye
Wolfe, 2003

Dirphiopsis herbini male, 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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DISTRIBUTION:

Dirphiopsis herbini (wingspan: males: 54-60mm; females: 71-76mm) flies in Bolivia: Chuquisaca.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Larval hosts are unknown.

Dirphiopsis herbini female, 71mm, Bolivia, BOLD Systems.

Dirphiopsis herbini female, 76mm, Bolivia, BOLD Systems.

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 herbini sixth instar, Bolivia, 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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