Eubergioides bertha
Updated as per Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2002, November 3, 2005
Updated as per personal communication with Carlos Mielke (Parana), April 2008
Updated as per personal communication with Ryan Saint Laurent (Santa Catarina); April 30, 2013
Updated as per personal communication with Ryan Saint Laurent (Smithsonian Type image); January 17, 2014

Eubergioides bertha
Schaus, 1906

Eubergioides bertha male, (type),
The Smithsonian Insect Collection (USNM) courtesy of Ryan St. Laurent

TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Hemileucinae, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Tribe: Hemileucinae, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Genus: Eubergioides, Michener, 1949

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DISTRIBUTION:

The rare Eubergioides bertha moth (wingspan: males: 75mm; females: 75mm // forewing length: males: 35-40mm; females: 36-38mm) flies in
Brazil: Distrito Federal; Goias; Minas Gerais; Parana; Santa Catarina; at elevations of 540-1000m.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Specimens have been taken in Castro, Parana, Brazil in January. Ryan Saint Laurent reports an August flight in Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Larval hosts are unknown.

Eubergioides bertha female, Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil,
August 9, 1953, courtesy of Cornell University Collection, via Ryan Saint Laurent.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Females extend a scent gland from the tip of the abdomen. Males use highly developed antennae to track the airbourne pheromone to locate the females.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

Eggs are deposited in large clusters and larvae are highly gregarious.

Urticating spines offer the Eubergioides bertha larvae much protection.

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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