Pseudautomeris chinchipensis
Updated as per "Description of three new species of Pseudautomeris Lemaire, 1967 from Ecuador and Peru", in
SHILAP Revta. lepid. 34 (135), 2006: 235-242, September 2007, courtesy of Luigi Racheli

Pseudautomeris chinchipensis
Racheli & Racheli, 2006

Pseudotomeris chinchipensis holotype male, Rio San Francisco, Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador,
May 1999, 8:30-9:00pm, 2212m, courtesy of Luigi Racheli

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TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Hemileucinae, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Tribe: Hemileucini, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Genus: Pseudautomeris, Lemaire, 1967

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DISTRIBUTION:

The Pseudautomeris chinchipensis moth (wingspan: males: mm; females: mm) (forewing length: males: 43mm; females: mm) flies in
southeastern Ecuador: Zamora Chinchipe, Estacion Cientifica San Francisco, 2212m.

This species is close to P. yourii in appearance. "It differs from P. yourii in having a less elongated shape of the forewing, for the upperside ground colour of both wings and also in the colour of the marginal and submarginal lines of the hindwing upperside." Racheli & Racheli

On the ventral surface, the forewing pm line is straight and well marked in P. chinchipensis, while in P. yourii the line is irregular.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

This moth likely broods continuously, but records exist at this time only for May. Larvae can probably be reared on Tilia species.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Females extend a scent gland from the tip of the abdomen to call in the night-flying males. Most male activity occurs around 7:30-9:00pm.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

Pseudautomeris chinchipensis larvae are similar to Automeris larvae, being gregarious and having urticating spines.


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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