Adelowalkeria caeca
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Updated as per Lemaire's Ceratocampinae 1988, September 30, 2006
Updated as per An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Honduras, 2-29-2012, Jacqueline Y. Miller; March 3, 2013
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Adelowalkeria caeca
Lemaire, 1969
Adelowalkeria caeca male, Bernard Wenczel.
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TAXONOMY:
Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Ceratocampinae, Harris, 1841
was Adelowalkeriinae: Travassos & Noronha, 1967
Genus: Adelowalkeria, Travassos, 1941 |
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DISTRIBUTION:
Adelowalkeria caeca (wingspan: males: 66-89mm; females: 112-119mm) flies in
western
Colombia: Valle, Colima, Choco; and
Panama: Bocas del Torro.
Jacquelina Y. Miller reports it in
Honduras.
The white discal spots are not present in this species and ground colour
is purplish brown. The diffuse, undulating postmedian line is preapical.
Adelowalkeria caeca, All Leps Barcode of Life
FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:
Moths have been taken in
April and again in October-November, suggesting at least two broods.
ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:
Females "call" at night with an airbourne pheromone.
Males fly into the night sky and pick up the scent witht their
antennae.
EGGS, LARVAE AND PUPAE:
Larvae have well developed thoracic spines in the early instars.
Pupation is in a subterranean chamber.
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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Adelowalkeria caeca male, Claude Lemaire
Adelowalkeria caeca female, Claude Lemaire