Hidripa albipellis

Hidripa albipellis
Draudt, 1930

The image below was sent to me as weymeri = paranensis from Brazil. It looks more like the species Lemaire depicts as albipellis, which supposedly does not fly in Brazil.

Hidripa weymeri (male), Brazil, courtesy of Eric van Schayck.

Lemaire indicates paranensis should have yellow around the hindwing eyespot. He indicates reduced yellow for albipellis as evident in the image from Eric van Schayck.

Other characters also seem a good match for albipellis.

TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Hemileucinae, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Tribe: Hemileucinae, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Genus: Hidripa, Draudt, 1929

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DISTRIBUTION:

The Hidripa albipellis moth (wingspan: males: 65-70mm; females: 78mm) flies in
southeastern Peru: Pasco, Cusco, Madre de Dios; and
possibly northwestern Bolivia.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

There are probably at least three broods annually with peak flights in July-August, September/October and December. Larvae and their hosts are unknown.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Females extend a scent gland from the tip of the abdomen, and the night-flying males detect and track the airbourne pheromone plume with their well-developed antennae.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

Eggs are deposited in clusters on hostplant foliage.

Hidripa albipellis larvae are highly gregarious and have the urticating spines typical of larvae from the Subfamily Hemileucinae.

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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