DISTRIBUTION:

Meroleucoides fassli (wingspan: males: 54 mm; females: larger // fwl: m: 27-30mm; f: larger) flies in
Colombia: Tolima, at elevations around 2700m.

Meroleuca Meroleucoides fassli male, Tolima, Colombia,
54mm, 2700m, on my home computer only.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

There is at least one brood in April, but this species possibly broods continuously with at least two to three broods annually.

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.

Meroleucoides fassli 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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