Titaea orsinome
TYE-tay-uhMor-sih-NOH-mee
Hubner, [1923]
Titaea orsinome grey female, Reserva Vale da Solidão,
14o22’S 56o07’W, Mato Grosso, Brazil, courtesy of Eurides Furtado copyright.
Titaea orsinome female, courtesy of Leroy Simon.
Comments, suggestions and/or additional information are welcomed by Bill.
TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 |
DISTRIBUTION:
Titaea orsinome
(wingspan: males: 94-125mm; females: 103-127mm) flies in low to
medium elevation savannas in
Brazil:
District Federal, Goias, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais; and
possibly
eastern Bolivia and
northeastern Paraguay (UD)
Concepcion and
Amambay.
Titaea orsinome male, Amambay, Paraguay, courtesy of Ulf Drechsel.
Titaea orsinome male, reddish brown form, 125 mm, March,
Reserva Vale da Solidão, 14o22’S 56o07’W, 450 m,
Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil,
courtesy of Eurides Furtado.
Titaea orsinome male, 123mm, Dos Guimaraes Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, Brazil,
October 10, 2013, courtesy of Mike Buczkowski.
Titaea orsinome male (verso), 123mm, Dos Guimaraes Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, Brazil,
October 10, 2013, courtesy of Mike Buczkowski.
FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:
There are likely three or more broods each year with Titaea orsinome moths on the wing in January-February-March-April and then again in June-July and again in September-October.
Titaea orsinome larvae will likely accept Bombacopsis quinatum. Eurides Furtado reports one native host to be Eriotheca gracilipes, and he also reports larvae accepting Chorisia speciosa in the lab with 77 days from oviposition to imago (adult moth).
Titaea orsinome, male, greenish grey form, 115 mm,
September,
Reserva Vale da Solidão, 14o22’S 56o07’W, 450 m,
Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil,
courtesy of Eurides Furtado.
Titaea orsinome female, reddish brown form, 127 mm, April,
Reserva Vale da Solidão, 14o22’S
56o07’W, 450 m, Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil,
courtesy of Eurides Furtado.
Titaea orsinome female, 122mm, Alto Rios Arinos, Dimantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil,
January 17, 2004, courtesy of Mike Buczkowski.
Titaea orsinome female (verso), 122mm, Alto Rios Arinos, Dimantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil,
January 17, 2004, courtesy of Mike Buczkowski.
ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:
Moths fly at night and females emit an airbourne pheromone to "call" the males.
Eclosion from pupae seems to be under cover of darkness.
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Mature larvae pupate underground.Titaea orsinome pupa courtesy of Eurides Furtado. |  |
Larval Food Plants
Listed below are primary food plant(s) and alternate food plants from personal correspondence (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.
Bombacopsis quinatum ....... |
Pochote/Spiny Cedar |
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The genus name "Titaea" comes from the Greek Titaea, who is the mother of the Titans.
Orsinome is the wife of Lapithus 1, and she bears him two sons, Phorbas 2 and Periphas.