Adeloneivaia catoxantha

Updated as per Lemaire's Ceratocampinae 1988, September 28, 2006
Updated as per French Guiana Systematique, February 2008
Updated as per personal communication with Eric van Schayck (Pasco, Peru); January 27, 2012

Adeloneivaia catoxantha
(W. Rothschild, 1907) Othorene

Adeloneivaia catoxantha catoxantha male, Pasco, Peru,
courtesy of Eric van Schayck.

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TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Ceratocampinae Harris, 1841
was Citheroniinae Neumoegen & Dyar, 1894
Genus: Adeloneivaia, Travassos, 1940
Speces: catoxantha catoxantha, (W. Rothschild, 1907)
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DISTRIBUTION:

The Adeloneivaia catoxantha catoxantha moth (wingspan: males: 43-75mm; females: 74-91mm) flies in
Brazil: Mato Grosso, Amazonas, Para;
Venezuela: Bolivar;
French Guiana: Oyapock, Kourou, Arataye, Kaw;
Colombia: Caqueta and probably Amazonas and Putamayo;
Ecuador: Napo, Sucumbios, Pastaza, Morona-Santiago;
Peru: San Martin, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Pasco (EvS), Puno, Cuzco; and
Bolivia: Cochabamba, La Paz; and
probably in Guyana: ; and
Suriname: .

There is a faint black "eyespot" (not shown) located in middle of each hindwing. Male forewings are quite pointed. The antemedian line is perpendicular to the inner margin. This species has a uniformly carmine hindwing, distinguishing it from A. acuta which is yellowish in the marginal area.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Adeloneivaia catoxantha catoxantha flies in May, October and December, suggesting at least two distinct broods.

Larvae feed on Acacia baileyana.

Adeloneivaia catoxantha female, Lumbaqui, Sucumbios, Ecuador,
October 16, 2007, courtesy/copyright Horst Kach.

Adeloneivaia catoxantha female (verso), Lumbaqui, Sucumbios, Ecuador,
October 16, 2007, courtesy/copyright Horst Kach.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Adult Adeloneivaia catoxantha moths emerge from pupae, and males (right) are slightly smaller than females.
Mating probably begins shortly after dusk with a calling period from 10:30 pm. to 12:50 am.
A light rainfall or mist seems to stimulate additional flight or eclosions resulting in more moths on the wing, or at least taken at lights.

Males have more falcate forewings than do females. Bernhard Wenczel image.

Adeloneivaia catoxantha female, All Leps Barcode of Life.

EGGS, LARVAE AND PUPAE:

Night-flying females lay translucent eggs on host plant leaves.

Larvae pupate underground in small chambers.

Care of larvae and pupae should be as for any Neotropical species.