Hyperchirioides bulaea
Updated as per Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2002, November 17, 2005
Updated as per personal communication with Carlos Mielke; July 2009

Hyperchirioides bulaea
(Maassen & Weyding, 1885) Micrattacus Bulaea

Hyperchirioides bulaea male, Serra do Japi-Jundiai, Sao Paulo, Brazil,
courtesy of Joao Amarildo Ranguetti.

Hyperchirioides bulaea male, 51mm, Cotia, Sao Paulo, Brazil, courtesy of Carlos Mielke.

TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family Saturniidae Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Hemileucinae, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Tribe: Hemileucini, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Genus: Hyperchiriodes, Lemaire, 1981

DISTRIBUTION:

Hyperchirioides bulaea (wingspan: males: 45-51mm; females: 53-58mm / forewing length: males: 22mm; females: 28-30mm) flies in
southeastern Brazil: Rio de Janeiro; Sao Paulo: Serra do Japi-Jundiai; Parana and Santa Catarina.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Moths are on the wing in November and possibly at other times in the year.

Larval hosts are unknown.

Hyperchirioides bulaea female, 55mm, Cotia, Sao Paulo, Brazil, courtesy of Carlos Mielke.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Females call in the night-flying males via an airbourne pheromone released from a gland at the tip of the abdomen.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS, AND PUPAE:

Larvae have urticating spines and are gregarious in their habits.

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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