DISTRIBUTION:

Hylesia praeda nigra (wingspan: males: 45-54mm; females: larger) flies in
Bolivia: La Paz; Cochabamba; at high elevations.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Larvae probably feed on Acacia drummondii (natural), Spiraea bumalda, Prunus virginiana, Prunus serotina and Prunus caroliniana.

Flight records exist for only January-February.

Hylesia praeda nigra, female, March 25, 1984, La Paz, Bolivia,
1200m, Claude Lemaire, on my home computer only.

Hylesia praeda nigra, female, February 4, 1984, Cochabamba, Bolivia,
900m, Claude Lemaire, on my home computer only.

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.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

Eggs are deposited in clusters on hostplant foliage.

Hylesia praeda nigra 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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