Orecta fruhstorferi

Orecta fruhstorferi
B. P. Clark, 1916

Orecta fruhstorferi male, CATE Cphingidae

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TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Sphingoidea, Dyar, 1902
Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, 1802
Tribe: Smerinthini, Grote & Robinson, 1865
Genus: Orecta, Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Species: fruhstorferi, B. P. Clark, 1916

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DISTRIBUTION:

Orecta fruhstorferi flies in Venezuela. Questionable location??

More likely Peru and Bolivia.

CATE: "Similar to Orecta lycidas but darker and more strongly marked. Forewing and hindwing upperside markings chocolate brown (in Orecta lycidas, light brown (forewing) or reddish-brown (hindwing).

Male: Median dorsal line and posterior margins of abdominal segments dark brown; paler underneath.

34 mm. Underside yellow

Forewing outer margin slightly crenulated; upperside largely chocolate brown with khaki areas along the basal half of the costa, a triangular spot at the apex and a submarginal area toward the tornus between M3 and CuA2; distinct dark brown marginal band extending from apex to tornus, widest (4 mm) at M2 and crenulated at the veins proximally, where it is edged in black; subbasal band inclined more distad than Orecta lycidas; stigma large (3mm in length), black, teardrop-shaped with the point toward the costal margin; fringes dark brown.

Forewing underside dark yellow; marginal band distinct, ash-grey, less crenulated than on upperside; stigma conspicuous; light brown apical patch between Rs3 and Rs4; inner edge below CuA2 yellow-brown.

Hindwing upperside median band faint, extending to the middle of costa; submarginal band narrow, incomplete, extending as far as M1; marginal band very narrow, dark brown; anal area dark brown extending half way along inner margin, enclosing two transparent spots; fringes white.

Hindwing underside dark yellow with faint postmedian and submarginal bands; transparent spot in anal area conspicuous."

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Orecta fruhstorferi adults are .

Orecta fruhstorferi larvae feed upon and .

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

EGGS, LARVAE AND PUPAE:

Larval Food Plants


Listed below are primary food plant(s) and alternate 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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