Othorene vanschaykorum
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Brechlin & Meister 2011

Othorene vanschayckorum male, courtesy of Leroy Simon.

TAXONOMY: Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834 Subfamily: Ceratocampinae, Harris, 1841 Genus: Othorene, Boisduval, 1872

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DISTRIBUTION:

Othorene vanschaykorum (wingspan: males: mm; females: mm) flies in
western Ecuador: Durango; Esmeraldas; Imbabura; Pichincha; and
Peru: Tumbes

Brechlin & Meister originally (2011) described O. vanschayckorum as being from Venezuela in Entomo Satsphingia Jahrgang 4 Heft 3 23.08.2011. They have adjusted/corrected that printing in 2013, indicating the description (or image) referred to O. carameridensis. O. vanschaykorum flies in western Ecuador and north western Peru, and it is very similar to O. .

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Othorene vanschaykorum flies in . There are probably flights in other months.

Larvae probably feed upon Gambel oak (Quercus gambelii) and other oak species (Quercus oleoides).

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

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

Both sexes come in to lights with peak activity from 10:30 pm until 1:30 am.

EGGS, LARVAE AND PUPAE:

Tiny larvae have extensive thoracic horns, a narrow red collar just below the shiny brown head and smaller reddish brown lateral and dorsal scoli runnig the length of the body.

Incubation time for yellowish eggs is short in June, only seven to eight days.

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.

Quercus gambelii Quercus oleoides...... Quercus robur (TD)

Gambel oak Oak species English 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.

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

The species name "vanschaykorum" is honourific for members of the van Schayck family.