DISTRIBUTION:

Hylesia natex (wingspan: males: 42-48mm; females: 67mm) flies in
Brazil: Rondonia; and in
Peru: Huanuco, Loreto; at elevations from 250-400m.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Larvae feed on .

This species probably broods continuously on a three month cycle, but currently records only exist for September.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

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

Hylesia natex female, Rio Huallaga, Loreto, Peru,
400m, Claude Lemaire, on my home computer only.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

Eggs are deposited in clusters on hostplant foliage.

Hylesia natex larvae are highly gregarious and have the urticating spines typical of larvae from the Subfamily Hemileucinae.

Larval Food Plants

Listed below are primary food plant(s) and alternate food plants listed in Stephen E. Stone's Foodplants of World Saturniidae. 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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