Dirphiopsis unipascoensis
Updated as per Entomo-Satsphingia Jahrgang 4 Heft 5 29.12.2011; May 18, 2013

Dirphiopsis unipascoensis
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Brechlin & Meister, 2011

Dirphiopsis unipascoensis male, Pasco, Peru,
courtesy of Eric van Schayck, id and 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 unipascoensis (wingspan: males: 78mm; females: 83mm // Mfwl: 39-40mm; Ffwl: 42mm) flies in
Peru: Pasco; at elevations of 2000-2180m.

Dirphiopsis unipascoensis male, Peru, courtesy of Bernhard Wenczel.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Moths fly in February, April-May-June, October, and possibly at other times. Larval hosts are unknown.

Dirphiopsis unipascoensis female, Peru, courtesy of Bernhard Wenczel.

Dirphiopsis unipascoensis female, Peru, courtesy of Bernhard Wenczel.

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.

The species name, unipascoensis is indicative of a similarity to D. unicolor and a specimen type locale in Pasco, Peru.

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Dirphiopsis unipascoensis male, Pasco, Peru,
78mm, on my home computer only.

Dirphiopsis unipascoensis female, Pasco, Peru,
83mm, on my home computer only.