Automeris cuscosylviae
Updated as per Witt Museum Lists
Updated as per Global Mirror System of DNA Barcoding Analysis (locations and dates of BOLD submissions), December 2011

Automeris cuscosylviae
Brechlin & Meister 2011

Automeris cuscosylviae male, 86mm, Cusco, Peru,
on my home computer only.

Automeris cuscosylviae male, Rio Shima, Junin, Peru,
mid May, 2014, 450, courtesy of John Christensen,
very tentative id by Bill Oehlke.

I cannot find a perfect match for the moth from Rio Shima, Junin, Peru. The hindwing anal angle is markedly produced. A. cinctistriga is a possibility as are A. chacona and A. duchartrei.

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 cuscosylviae (wingspan: males: 86mm; females: mm) flies in
Peru: Cuzco: Valle de Quilabamba, collected by Rainer Marx, 2006-02-01;
Peru: Cuzco: Manu Park: San Pedro, 1997-03-01;
Peru: Cuzco : Vallee de Quillabamba, collected by R. Marx, 2006-01-07;
Peru: Madre de Dios;
??Ecuador??: Napo: Rio Hollin, 2008-01-05 ??;
Ecuador: Napo: Rio Hollin, 2008-01-05??

A presence in Ecuador is suspect.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Specimens have been taken in January-February-March.

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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