Mielkesia paranaensis
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Updated as per Lemaire's Ceratocampinae 1988, September 26, 2006
Updated as per Galathea * Berichte des Kreises Nurnberger * Supplement 15 * 2004, courtesy Stefan Naumann, April 4, 2007
Updated as per Rio Grande do Sul: Arsenurinae and Ceratocampinae; April 25, 2013
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Mielkesia paranaensis
MEEL-key-see-uhMpah-rah-nuh-ENS-ihs
(Rego-Barros & Mielke, 1968)
Cicia
Mielkesia paranaensis male, wingspan 50 mm, Campo do
Tenente, Paraná, Brazil,
September, courtesy of Eurides Furtado copyright
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TAXONOMY:
Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Ceratocampinae Harris, 1841
was Citheroniinae Neumoegen & Dyar, 1894
Genus: Mielkesia , Lemaire, 1988
Species: paranaensis, (Rego-Barros & Mielke, 1968) |
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DISTRIBUTION:
Mielkesia paranaensis
(wingspan: males: 53mm; females: 64mm // forewing length: males: 26.4mm; females: 32mm) flies in
Brazil: Parana: Campo do Tenente; Rio Grande do Sul: Piratini.
The male forewing is elongated with a convex outer margin. The female
is similar, but she has a much fuller forewing.
FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:
Mielkesia paranaensis flies in September-October.
Larval hosts are unknown.
ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:
Adult Mielkesia
paranaensis moths emerge from subterranean pupae, and
males are slightly smaller than females. Males seem to fly at dusk
19:15-19:30hrs, and a female came to lights around 19:45hrs.
Mielkesia paranaensis female
EGGS, LARVAE AND PUPAE:
Night-flying females lay
translucent eggs on host plant leaves. The developing larvae can be
seen through the egg shells.
Larvae pupate underground in small chambers.
Care of larvae and
pupae should be as for any Neotropical species.
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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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.
The genus name "Mielkesia" is probably honourific for Mielke, but it could also refer to
the honey colour of the only species in this genus.
The species name "paranaensis" is indicative of the specimen
type locale, Parana, Brazil.