Automeris amasanata
Updated as per Witt Museum Lists
Updated as per Global Mirror System of DNA Barcoding Analysis (locations and dates of BOLD submissions), December 2011
Updated as per Entomo Satsphingia Jahrgang 4 Heft 1 23.03.2011; April 7, 2012

Automeris amasanata
Brechlin & Meister 2011

Automeris amasanata?? male, Pasco, Peru,
courtesy of Eric van Schayck,
id and slight digital repair by Bill Oehlke.

Automeris amasanata HT male, 67mm, Rioja, San Martin, Peru,
December 9, 2007, 900m, on my home computer only.

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 amasanata (wingspan: males: 60-66mm; females: 87mm // forewing length: males: 31-34mm; females: 45mm) flies in
Peru: Amazonas: Puente Nieva, 2007-12-01; San Martin; Loreto, probably Pasco; at elevations of 900-1800m.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Specimens have been taken in July and December. Moths probably also fly in other months.

Automeris amasanata HT female, 89mm, Puente Nieva, Amazonas, Peru,
December 2007, 1800m, on my home computer only.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

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

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.

Larval 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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