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Updated as per Lemaire's Ceratocampinae 1988, October 3, 2006 Updated as per personal communication with Carlos Mielke (Parana), April 2008 Updated as per personal communication with Ryan Saint Laurent (Holotype from The Smithsonian Insect Collection (USNM)); December 27, 2013 Updated as per personal communication with Diogo Luiz (female, Tingua, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 4, 2019); May 5, 2019 |
Ptiloscola cinerea male, Brazil, courtesy of Eric van Schayck.
Ptiloscola cinerea male, 53mm, Santa Catarina, Brazil,
Entomo-Satsphingia
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TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 |
Examination of genitalia is required to determine this species which is much like photophila.
Ptiloscola cinerea male, holotype,
The Smithsonian Insect Collection (USNM) courtesy of Ryan St. Laurent
Larval hosts are unknown.
Ptiloscola comparison plate, from Entomo-Satsphingia 1 (1): 21 – 26 (April 2008), courtesy of Ron Brechlin.
Mating probably begins shortly after dusk with a calling period from 10:30 pm. to 1:00 am.
A light rainfall or mist seems to stimulate additional flight or eclosions resulting in more moths on the wing, or at least taken at lights, but overall this species is infrequent at lights and very erratic in flight when approaching.
Ptiloscola cinerea female, Brazil, courtesy of Eric van Schayck.
Ptiloscola cinerea female, Tingua, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
May 4, 2019, courtesy of Diogo Luiz, via Renato Mattei.
Larvae are well adorned with scoli and pupate underground in small chambers or among surface litter.
Care of larvae and pupae should be as for any Neotropical species.
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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.
The species name "cinerea" means grey and refers to the grey scaling of this species in the post median areas of all wings.