Kentroleuca lineosa
Updated as per Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2002, July 2009
Updated as per personal correspondence with Carlos G. C. Mielke, July 2009
Updated as per personal communication with Marcos Cesar Campis (Sao Roque de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil, October 20, 2016); March 23, 2018

Kentroleuca lineosa
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(Walker, 1855) Heliconisa

Kentroleuca lineosa female, Sao Roque de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
October 20, 2016, courtesy of Marcos Cesar Campis.

TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Hemileucinae, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Tribe: Hemileucinae, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Genus: Kentroleuca, Draudt, 1930

DISTRIBUTION:

Kentroleuca lineosa (wingspan: males: 52-59mm; females: 58-65mm) flies in
Brazil: Federal District; Goias; Minas Geras: Sao Roque de Minas; (possibly Mato Grosso (WO??)); and
Bolivia: (possibly Santa Cruz (WO??).

Kentroleuca lineosa male, 52mm, Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil, courtesy of Carlos Mielke.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Kentroleuca lineosa larval hosts are unknown. Moths are on the wing in October.

Kentroleuca lineosa female, 65mm, Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil, courtesy of Carlos Mielke.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Males use well-developed antennae to seek out females which scent at night.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

Typical of species in the Genus Kentroleuca and the Subfamily Hemileucinae, the larvae are armed with urticating spines.

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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