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Updated as per Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2002, October 3, 2006 Updated as per French Guiana Systematique, February 2008 Updated as per personal communication with Shirley Sekarajasingham (Amazonia Lodge, nr Atalaya, Madre de Dios, Peru, May 17, 2012); October 3, 2012 |
Hylesia pallidex male, Amazonia Lodge, nr Atalaya, Madre de Dios, Peru,
May 17, 2012, courtesy of Shirley Sekarajasingham, id by Bill Oehlke.
TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 |
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This species has been taken at elevations from 100m to 980m, with encounters more often at lower elevations.
Hylesia pallidex male, courtesy of Bernhard Wenczel.
The dull olive-grey, elongated forewing has a rounded apex that is slightly produced. The lower half of the outer margin is convex. The concave to straight pm line is thin and slightly darker than surroundings. The am line is weak or even non-existent. The cell marking is also faint, as are the subterminal markings.
Hylesia pallidex male, Satipo, Junin, Peru,
courtesy of Philippe Brems, tentative id by Bill Oehlke
Hylesia pallidex male, Amazonia Lodge, nr Atalaya, Madre de Dios, Peru,
May 17, 2012, courtesy of Shirley Sekarajasingham, id by Bill Oehlke.
This species probably broods continuously on a three month cycle. Shirley Sekarajasingham reports a May flight near Atalaya, Peru.
Hylesia pallidex larvae are highly gregarious and have the urticating spines typical of larvae from the Subfamily Hemileucinae.
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Hylesia pallidex female, Belizon, French Guiana,
February 1982, collection of Philippe Collet,
photo copyright Rene Lahousse,
French Guiana Systematique.