DISTRIBUTION:

Automeris dognini (wingspan: males: 41-45mm; females: 58mm) is endemic of the
Eastern Plains of Colombia: Meta.

The forewing postmedian line reaches the costa almost at the apex.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Specimens have been taken in Febraury, April, November and December.

Larval hosts are unknown.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Males use their more highly developed antennae to seek out females (below) 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

Listed below are primary food plant(s) and alternate food plants listed in Stephen E. Stone's Foodplants of World Saturniidae. 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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