Dirphiopsis picturata
Updated as per Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2002, February, 2008
Updated as per personal communication with Carlos Mielke (Parana), April 2008
Updated as per personal comunication with Ryan Saint Laurent (Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil, September); June 25, 2013

Dirphiopsis picturata
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(Schaus, 1913) Dirphia picturata

Dirphiopsis picturata female, 90mm, Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil,
September 1968, Cornell University Collection, courtesy of Ryan Saint Laurent,
slight digital repair by Bill Oehlke.

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 picturata (wingspan: males: 68mm; females: 90mm) flies in
Brazil: Sao Paulo, Parana (CM), Santa Catarina: Joinville (RSL), Rio Grande do Sul.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Moths probably ?? fly in January, February, May, June, July, August and September (RSL). Larval hosts are unknown.

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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