DISTRIBUTION:

Eubergia santacruziana (forewing length: males: 20-22mm; females: 22-24mm) (wingspan: males: 41-45mm; females: 45-49mm) flies in
Bolivia: Santa Cruz: San Jose de Chiquitos, at elevations near 550m, collected by Ron Brechlin, 2009-03-09.

In Entomo-Satsphingia, Brechlin and Meister indicate that the Holotype of E. boetifica form rufa from Mato Grosso, Brazil, in D'Abrera 1995: 159, is an example of Eubergia santacruziana. This species is very similar to E. chuquisaciana in size and overall appearance, but chuquisaciana flies at signifiantly higher elevations: 1600-1650m. The forewing outer margins are slightly convex.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Specimens have been taken in February-March and September-October in Bolivia (Mirror) at 550m. There may be additional flight months.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Males use their more highly developed antennae to seek out females who release an airbourne pheromone into the night sky.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

Eggs are deposited in clusters of 6-40+ on hostplant twigs. Larvae have urticating spines and are gregarious, especially in the early instars.

Larval Food Plants

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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Some of the early describers/namers chose genus and species names indicating some character of the insect, but more often, they simply chose names from Greek or Roman mythology or history.

Those species names which end in "ensis" indicate a specimen locale, and those which end in "i", pronounced "eye", honour a contempory friend/collector/etc.

I do not know the source of the genus name "Eubergia" chosen by Bouvier in 1929.

The species name santacruziana is indicative of a specimen type locale in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.