Gamelia anableps
Updated as per Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2002, March 2008
Updated as per personal communication with Carlos Mielke; July 2009
Updated as per personal communication with Diogo Luiz (Nova Iguacu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); December 5, 2016
Updated as per personal communication with Merremii Souza (Macico de Bauterite, Ceara, Brazil, June 24, 2016); January 31, 2017

Gamelia anableps
R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874

Gamelia anableps male, 50mm, Guaramiranga, Ceara, Brazil,
courtesy of Carlos Mielke

Gamelia anableps male, Nova Iguacu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
December 5, 2016, courtesy of Diogo Luiz.

TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Hemileucinae, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Tribe: Hemileucinae, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Genus: Gamelia, Hubner, 1819

DISTRIBUTION:

Gamelia anableps (wingspan: males: 46-60mm; females: 64(CM)-75-85mm) flies in Brazil: Ceara, Rio de Janeiro: Nova Iguacu (DL).

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

There are probably multiple flights. Diogo Luiz reports an early December flight in Nova Iguacu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Gamelia anableps larvae probably feed on Common guava (Psidium guajava).

Gamelia anableps male, verso, Brazil,
courtesy of Carlos Mielke.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Females extend a scent gland from the tip of their abdomens to "call" the males. Males use their antennae to hone in on the airbourne pheromone.

Gamelia anableps female, Macico de Bauterite, Ceara, Brazil,
June 24, 2016, courtesy of Merremii Souza, tentative id by Bill Oehlke.

Gamelia anableps female, 64mm, Guaramiranga, Ceara, Brazil,
courtesy of Carlos Mielke.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

Larvae resemble Automeris species with their numberous urticating body spines. Larvae are gregarious.

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.

Psidium guajava....

Common guava

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