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Updated as per Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2002, February, 2008; February 5, 2016 |
Dirphiopsis wanderbilti male, Paraguay, courtesy of Bernhard Wenczel.
TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 |
Dirphiopsis wanderbilti male, Brazil, courtesy of Eric van Schayck
Males use highly developed antennae to locate females at night by tracking her airbourne pheromone plume.
Dirphiopsis wanderbilti female, Santa Catarina, Brazil,
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