Dirphiopsis lombardi

Dirphiopsis lombardi

Updated as per Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2002, February, 2008
Updated as per personal communication with Carlos Mielke, February, 2008

Dirphiopsis lombardi
DIRF-ee-op-sisMLOM-bard-eye
(Bouvier, 1924) Dirphia lombardi

Dirphiopsis lombardi male, Brazil, courtesy/copyright Carlos G. C. Mielke.

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 lombardi (wingspan: males: 50-53mm; females: 60-72mm) flies in
Brazil: Parana.
In 1996 Lemaire equated this moth with Dirphiopsis delta, but Carlos Mielke (February, 2008) informs me that it has been "resurrected from the synonymy."

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Moths fly in January, March, April, May and August. Larval hosts are unknown.

Dirphiopsis lombardi female, Brazil, courtesy/copyright Carlos G. C. Mielke.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Males use highly developed antennae to locate females by tracking their airbourne pheromone plumes.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

Eggs are probably 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.

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