Hidripa perdix
Updated as per Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2002, January 2, 2005
Updated as per personal communication with Bernhard Wenczel
Updated as per personal communication with Carlos Mielke, April 9, 2007
This page has been updated August 24, 2015, based on reference material for Argentina, sent to me by Ezequiel Bustos, as cited in a recent publication: NÚÑEZ: Catálogo preliminar de Saturniidae de Argentina TROP. LEPID. RES., 25(1): 22-33, 2015 31.
Updated as per Entom-Satsphingia, Jahrgang 8 02 31.07.2015; December 16, 2015
Updated as per personal communication with Americo Chini (Alfredo Wagner, Santa Catarina, Brazil, June 9, 2017) June 9, 2017

Hidripa perdix
(Maassen & Weyding, 1885) Dirphia

Hidripa perdix female, courtesy of Bernhard Wenczel.

Hidripa perdix male, Alfredo Wagner, Santa Catarina, Brazil,
June 9, 2017, courtesy of Americo Chini.

TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Hemileucinae, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Tribe: Hemileucinae, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Genus: Hidripa, Draudt, 1929

DISTRIBUTION:

Hidripa perdix (wingspan: males: 60-63mm; females: 70-82mm) flies in
southeastern Brazil: Parana (CM) and Santa Catarina: Alfredo Wagner (AC).

Ezequiel Osvaldo Núñez Bustos sent me a paper in August 2015 which includes Hidripa perdix in northeastern Argentina: Misiones.

Based on the 2015 Entomo-Satsphingia 2015 journal the specimen(s) from Misiones, Argentina, is/are most likely Hidripa perdmisionesa.

Hidripa perdix courtesy of Bernhard Wenczel.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

There are possibly at least three broods annually, but thus far specimens have only been taken in May-June-July-August. Larval hosts are unknown.

Hidripa perdix (male), Brazil, courtesy of Eric van Schayck.

Hidripa perdix (female), Brazil, courtesy of Eric van Schayck.

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.

Hidripa perdix male, courtesy of Bernhard Wenczel.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

Eggs are probably deposited in clusters on hostplant foliage.

Hidripa perdix 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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Hidripa perdix male, 60mm, Santa Catarina, Brazil,
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