Hylesia nigripes
Hylesia nigripes
Draudt, 1929
Hylesia nigripes courtesy of Vladimir Izersky.
Hylesia nigripes HT male, Muzo, Boyaca, Colombia,
on my home computer only.
TAXONOMY:
Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Hemileucinae, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Tribe: Hemileucinae, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Genus: Hylesia, Hubner, [1820]
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DISTRIBUTION:
Hylesia nigripes
(wingspan: males: 32mm; females: probably larger) flies in Colombia: Boyaca: Muzo, at elevations near 1400m.
and possibly in Peru.
In the male, the antennae are yellow; the thorax is brown; the abdomen is golden-brown with black bands.
The forewing is blackish purple with a darker basal area. The discal streak is diffuse and slightly darker than surroundings.
The lines are weak.
FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:
Larvae feed on ??
This species probably broods continuously on a three-four month cycle. There are usually/probably peak flights in February, June, and
September-October.
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. Moths come to lights from 8:00 until 11:00 pm
EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:
Eggs are deposited in clusters on hostplant foliage.
Hylesia nigripes 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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