DISTRIBUTION:

Grammopelta lineata (wingspan: males: 92-126mm; females: 95-131mm) flies in tropical rain forests at low elevations (150 - 1200 m) in
French Guiana: Saint-Jean-du-Maroni, Saul;
western Ecuador: Pichincha CL, Napo (thus far only in Tena (LTR)), Sucumbios LTR, Imbabura LTR and Esmeraldas LTR;
Peru: Loreto (HM); Madre de Dios; Puno;
western Colombia: Caqueta, Choco, Valle del Cauca, and probably Cauca and Nariono and western Boyaca;
Brazil: Para, Amazonas, and probably Roraima, Acre and Rondonia;
and northern Bolivia: La Paz (Rio Songo). I suspect (confirmed) it also flies in
Suriname: Brokopondo District: Brownsberg National Park (JvB).

Specimens from the Pacific Coast tend to be larger than those east of the Andes.

Ground colour is uniform dull brown with slightly paler somewhat rosy area on the inner half of the wings. The wing veins are distinct and dark.

Grammopelta lineata male, Brownsberg National Park, Brokopondo, Suriname,
July 8, 2011, courtesy of Johan van't Bosch, digital repair by Bill Oehlke.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

FGS reports a flight in July. There may be additional flights. Hubert Mayer reports an October 10, 2009, flight in Iquitos, Loreto, Peru.

Grammopelta lineata female courtesy of Thibaud Decaens.

Grammopelta lineata courtesy of Entomo Service

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Grammopelta lineata males use their antennae to seek out females which scent at night.

Females have darker colouration on the wings.

Grammopelta lineata male, 74km Nauta Road, Iquitos, Loreto, Peru,
October 10, 2009, courtesy/copyright of Hubert Mayer.

EGGS, LARVAE AND PUPAE:

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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The pronunciation of scientific names is troublesome for many. The "suggestion" at the top of the page is merely a suggestion.

There are many collectors from different countries whose intonations and accents would be different.

I do not know the origin or meaning of the genus name Grammopelta.

The species name, lineata, is probably descriptive of the very distinct wing veins and other lines on the wings.