DISTRIBUTION:

Eubergia drechseli (wingspan: males: 44mm; females: mm // forewing length: males: 21-23mm; females: ) flies in
Paraguay: Conception: Estancia Garay Cue, at elevations near 210m.

This moth is approximately the same size as Eubergia conceptiona (forewing length: males: 21-23mm), but the white pm line on the forewing of conceptiona is consistently thinner and straighter in conceptiona as compared to same line in drechseli where the pm line also is further removed from the outer margin and is decidedly concave.

There is a generous suffusion of grey brown scales in the hindwing basal median area of conceptiona while the same area in drechseli is slightly more white, but not nearly as white as in Eubergia altoparanensis from Alto Parana, Paraguay.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Larval hosts are unknown. Only a few known specimens exist in collections with sightings in February. I suspect there are additional flight months. The forewings are like other Eubergia species.

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

Urticating spines would offer the Eubergia drechseli 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.

The species name is honourific for collector Ulf Drechsel.

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