DISTRIBUTION:

Hidripa gschwandneri (wingspan: males: 59-68mm; females: probably larger) flies in the Central and Eastern Cordilleras of
Bolivia: La Paz (2000-3000m), Cochabamba (2000-2200m), Santa Cruz (2000m) at high elevation.

Mirror systems reports it from
Argentina: Misiones: Dos de Mayo, -27.033, -54.65, 2005-09-30, but this may be a reporting or recording error?

The abdomen is black with a carmine tuft.

Hidripa gschwandneri male, All Leps Barcode of Life

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Specimens have been taken December-January-February. Larval 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 probably deposited in clusters on hostplant foliage.

Hidripa gschwandneri 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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