The specimen directly above could be sanmartini or arminirene. I favour sanmartini due to what I feel is a slightly reduced forewing cell area compared to arminirene.

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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

DISTRIBUTION:

Pseudautomeris sanmartini (wingspan: males: 87mm; females: 98mm) (forewing length: males: 42mm; females: mm) flies in
northern Peru: San Martin, Rte Olmos.Tarapoto k 386. env. Progresso, 1800m.

The forewing am line is dark brown and quite straight with a slight bend away from the body as it approaches the costa. The fw submarginal and marginal areas and the cell area, surrounded by a thin yellow line, are darker brown than the rest of the wing. The slightly preapical pm line is slightly concave and meets the inner margin at approximately midpoint.

The hindwing costa is dark brown. The eyespot is grey with two very narrow yellow lines and a narrow white bow in the pupil.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

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

Pseudautomeris sanmartini female, 98mm, San Martin, Peru,
on my home computer only.

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 8:30-9:00pm.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

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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