DISTRIBUTION:

Loxolomia winbrechlini (wingspan: males: 138-152mm; females: mm // Mfwl: 78-85mm; Ffwl:) flies in
Brazil: Maranhao; at elevations near 480m.

Brechlin and Meister indicate the image on Plate 76, Figure 1 in Lemaire's Arsenurinae, 1980 is L. winbrechlini.

Loxolomia winbrechlini male, PT, 138mm, Maranhao, Brazil,
on my home computer only.

This species is larger than L. serpentina from southeastern Brazil and smaller than L. johnsoni from the eastern slopes of the Andes in Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. From digital images, I would probably only be able to distinguish this species from johnsoni by location. Like johnsoni, it has a rounded hindwing outer margin.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

There are probably at least two generations of Loxolomia winbrechlini on the wing each year from January (confirmed) to February and probably again in June (unconfirmed).

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Arsenurini males use their antennae to seek out females which scent at night.

EGGS, LARVAE AND PUPAE:

Larvae descend tree trunks at maturity to pupate in subterranean chambers.

Larval Food Plants

It is hoped that this alphabetical listing followed by the common name of the anticipated foodplant will prove useful. The list is not exhaustive. Experimenting with closely related foodplants is worthwhile.

Cariniana legalis Quercus turneri x pseudoturneri......

Jequitibá-red Turner's Oak

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The pronunciation of scientific names is troublesome for many. The "suggestion" at the top of the page is merely a suggestion. It is based on commonly accepted English pronunciation of Greek names and/or some fairly well accepted "rules" for latinized scientific names.

The suggested pronunciations, on this page and on other pages, are primarily put forward to assist those who hear with internal ears as they read.

There are many collectors from different countries whose intonations and accents would be different.

Some of the early describers/namers chose genus and species names indicating some character of the insect, but more often, they simply chose names from Greek or Roman mythology or history.

Those species names which end in "ensis" indicate a specimen locale, and those which end in "i", pronounced "eye", honour a contempory friend/collector/etc.

I do not know the source of the genus name "Loxolomia", but it is probably from the Greek 'Loxo' for 'slanting' or from Loxo, who in Greek mythology, is one of the fair-haired daughters of Boreas. There is a likely combination with 'Lamia' who in Greek Mythology, is a monster represented as a serpent with the head and breasts of a woman that ate children and sucked the blood from men.

The species name 'winbrechlini' is honourific for Winfried Brechlin, father of senior author, Ron Brechlin.