DISTRIBUTION:

Othorene hodeva (wingspan: males: 85-107mm; females: 115-135mm // fwl: males: 49-55mm; females: 67-70mm) flies in
Guyana: Omai;
Venezuela: Bolivar and Amazonas;
Trinidad;
French Guiana: Saint-Jean-du-Maroni, Saint-Georges-de-l'Oyapock, Saul, Kaw;
Colombia: Caqueta and probably Amazonas and Putamayo;
eastern Ecuador: Napo, Morona-Santiago and Pastaza (HK); and
eastern Peru: Amazonas, Loreto, Huanucu, Cuzco and Madre de Dios, and probably San Martin, Ucayali and Junin; and
Brazil: Amapa, Para, Amazonas, Goias and Mato Grosso at elevations of 120m to 1000m. (possibly only at lower elevations)

It should also fly in
Suriname: Brokopondo: Brownsberg (Jvb).

I am pretty sure that, based on DNA barcoding analysis (2011), those specimens collected/photographed in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia and northwestern Brazil are more likely Othorene winbrechlini, and I have moved those images to that file. Othorene hodeva may be limited to lower elevations in central northern South America (Venezuela?? to French Guiana). It may be that DNA barcoding analysis is required to distinguish between the two species. On average, O. hodeva is a smaller species than O. winbrechlini.

Ulf Drechsel provides the following images from northern Amambay, Paraguay.

Othorene hodeva female, Amambay, Paraguay,
courtesy of Ulf Drechsel.

Othorene hodeva female, Amambay, Paraguay,
courtesy of Ulf Drechsel.

The male forewing tends to be broader and less elongated as compared to cadmus, and the dorsal hindwing surface is carmine rather than orangey-brown.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Othorene hodeva seem to have at least three broods annually with peak flights in January, March-April, and in June and then again in October. Johan van't Bosch reports a July 7, 2011, flight in Brownsberg, Brokopondo, Suriname.

Larvae feed upon Gleditsia triacanthos and are reported in the wild on Sclerolobium paniculatum (Eurides Furtado).

In the lab, Bernhard Wenczel has reared them on Quercus turneri X pseudoturneri. Both of those reports, however, may apply to the very similar O. winbrechlini.

Othorene hodeva pair, (possibly O. winbrechlini) male: 106 mm, January; female 125 mm, February,
Reserva Vale da Solidão 14o22’S 56o07’W, 450 m, Mato Grosso, Brazil,
courtesy of Eurides Furtado.

Othorene hodeva female, 130mm, National Road, French Guiana,
courtesy of Philippe Brems.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Males use highly developed antennae to locate females at night by tracking the airbourne pheromone plume.

Neither sex comes in to lights regularly, but peak activity runs from 10:30 pm until 2:30 am with the females on the wing earlier than the males.

Othorene hodeva male, French Guiana, courtesy of Carlot Didier.

Othorene hodeva (possibly Othorene winbrechlini) female, Peru,
courtesy of Eric van Schayck.

EGGS, LARVAE AND PUPAE:

Translucent, yellowish eggs are deposited on host foliage. Incubation is short, lasting only seven to eight days. Larvae, solitary in all instars, are well adorned with thoracic horns, especially in the early instars.

Pupation is in an underground chamber excavated by the mature larva. Othorene hodeva (possibly O. winbrechlini) pupa, courtesy of Eurides Furtado.

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.

Gleditsia triacanthos Quercus turneri X pseudoturneri....... Sclerolobium paniculatum

Honeylocust Quercus turneri X pseudoturneri Velame or Veludo

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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.

I do not know the origin of the genus name Othorene.

I do not know the origin of the species name "hodeva" either.

Othorene hodeva male, 102mm, Kaw, French Guiana,
February, on my home computer only.

Othorene hodeva male (verso), 102mm, Kaw, French Guiana,
February, on my home computer only.

Othorene hodeva female, 115mm, French Guiana,
on my home computer only.