DISTRIBUTION:

Hylesia tiphys (wingspan: males: 37mm; females: probably larger) flies in
southeastern Brazil: Sao Paulo.

The antennae are rusty-yellow. The thorax and legs are dark brown. The abdomen is yellow dorsally and brown ventrally.

The wings are a uniform, dark grey-brown even darker in the apical area. The apex is noticeably produced giving the wing a narrow, elongated appearance. Lines are vestigial at best with a dark streak in the basal area and a very diffuse, black cell mark.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Larval hosts are unknown.

This species probably broods continuously on a three month cycle.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Females extend a scent gland from the tip of the abdomen, and the night-flying males pick up 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 tiphys 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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