Dirphiopsis oridocea
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Updated as per Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2002, February, 2008
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Dirphiopsis oridocea
DIRF-ee-op-sisMor-rih-DOH-see-uh
Schaus, 1924
Dirphiopsis oridocea male, Paradise Lodge, Cusco, Peru,
May 13, 2012, 4500ft, courtesy of Shirley Sekarajasingham, id by Bill Oehlke
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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 oridocea
(wingspan: males: 63-66mm; females: probably bigger) flies in
Peru: Madre de Dios, Puno,
east of the Andes at high elevation.
Dirphiopsis male, 58mm, San Pedro, Cusco, Peru,
May 22, 2012, 1370m, courtesy of Jim Vargo,
close to Dirphiopsis oridocea, but I (WO) think a different species.
FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:
Moths fly in
January, February, May, June, July and August. Larval hosts are unknown.
Dirphiopsis oridocea male, Paradise Lodge, Cusco, Peru,
May 13, 2012, 4500ft, courtesy of Shirley Sekarajasingham, id by Bill Oehlke
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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