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Updated as per Lemaire's Ceratocampinae 1988, September 28, 2006 SHILAP: Notes on some Saturniidae from Albania (Caqueta Department), Racheli and Vinciguerra, 2005 Updated as per communication from Jean Michel Maes (Nicaragua), March 2007 Updated as per personal communication with Horst Kach (May-Los Bancos), January 2008 Updated as per French Guiana Systematique, February 2008 Updated as per http://www.inbio.ac.cr/bims/k02/p05/c029/o0119/f00885.htm IB Updated as per personal communication with Shirley Sekarajasingham (Brownsberg, Brokopondo, Suriname, February 24, 2009); October 6, 2012 |
Adeloneivaia boisduvalii pair courtesy of Bernhard Wenczel.
Adeloneivaia boisduvalii female, French Guiana,
courtesy of Eric van Schayck,
tentative id aggreement by Bill Oehlke.
Adeloneivaia boisduvalii female, Peru,
courtesy of Eric van Schayck.
Adeloneivaia boisduvalii male, Peru,
courtesy of Eric van Schayck.
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Adeloneivaia boisduvalii male, rain forest of Costa Rica, courtesy of Dan Janzen.
Adeloneivaia boisduvalii male, Lago de Apanas, Jinotega, Nicaragua,
April 22, 2012, id by Bill Oehlke.
Adeloneivaia boisduvalii female, Los Bancos, Pichincha, Ecuador,
May 18, 2002, courtesy/copyright Horst Kach.
Adeloneivaia boisduvalii female (verso), Los Bancos, Pichincha, Ecuador,
May 18, 2002, courtesy/copyright Horst Kach.
Vany and Dominique report a September flight in French Guiana.
Adeloneivaia boisduvalii, male, French Guiana, September 9, 2007, courtesy of Vany and Dominique.
Adeloneivaia boisduvalii, male, Brownsberg, Brokopondo, Suriname,
February 24, 2009, courtesy of Shirley Sekarajasingham, id by Bill Oehlke.
Adeloneivaia boisduvalii male, Heredia, Costa Rica,
June 22, 2011, courtesy of Lary E. Reeves, id by Bill Oehlke.
Larvae feed upon Acacia dealbata.
Mating probably begins shortly after dusk with a calling period from 10:30 pm. to 1:00 am.
Larvae pupate underground in small chambers.
Care of larvae and pupae should be as for any Neotropical species.
Adeloneivaia boisduvalii courtesy of Rodolphe Rougerie.
Acacia dealbata ...... |
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