I am pretty sure the specimen from Barinitas, Barinas, is something other than A. a. limpida, but I cannot find a realy good match for it yet. I note the forewing pm line is quite close to the outer margin, and the hindwing pupil is relatively small. It seems closer to chacona subgroup.

TAXONOMY: Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834 Subfamily: Hemileucinae, Grote & Robinson, 1866 Tribe: Hemileucini, Grote & Robinson, 1866 Genus: Automeris, Hubner, [1819]

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DISTRIBUTION:

Automeris amanda limpida (wingpsan: males: 81-93mm; females: 98-104mm) flies in
northern and central Peru: Cajamarca, San Martin, Huanuco, Pasco, at elevations from 350 (VI) 600-1800m. I suspect it also flies in Junin and Ucayali.

Vladimir Izersky sends these images from Rio Venado, Junin, Peru, (1050m), and Rio Sapani, Ucayali, Peru, (350m). I feel they are either A. a. limpida or an undescribed amanda subspecies (probably amanda amandojunica). The nominate subspecies is known from southeastern Peru and Bolivia, flying at elevations from 1000-2400m. I cannot rule out the nominate subspecies.

Automeris amanda limpida ?? (probably amanda amandojunica), male, Rio Venado, Junin, Peru,
January 19, 2007, 1050m, courtesy of Vladimir Izersky, tentative id by Bill Oehlke.

Automeris amanda limpida ?? (probably amanda amandojunica), female, Rio Sapani, Ucayali, Peru,
October 29, 2008, 350m, courtesy of Vladimir Izersky, tentative id by Bill Oehlke.

Automeris amanda limpida is described by Lemaire as lighter than the nominate subspecies. The hindwng pm band and submarginal band of the hindwing are narrower and less undulate in Automeris amanda limpida as compared to the nominate subspecies.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Moths are on the wing in January, September and November.

Thibaud Decaens has used Pyracantha sp. as a larval host. Natural hosts are unknown.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Males use their more highly developed antennae to seek out females who release an airbourne pheromone into the night sky.

Automeris amamnda limpida female, copyright protected, courtesy of Thibaud Decaens.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS, AND PUPAE:

Eggs are deposited in clusters of 6-40+ on hostplant twigs. Larvae have urticating spines and are gregarious, especially in the early instars.

Automeris amanda limpida larva, copyright protected, courtesy of Thibaud Decaens.

Larval Food Plants

Listed below are primary food plant(s) and alternate food plants listed in Stephen E. Stone's Foodplants of World Saturniidae. 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.

Pyracantha........

Firethorn

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