Adelowalkeria witti
Updated as per Entomo-Satsphingia Yarhgang 4 Heft 3 23.08.2011; December 16, 2012
Updated as per personal communication with Reinhard Foerster (Myrocarpus frondosus, Misiones, Argentina, October); December 16, 2012

Adelowalkeria witti
Brechlin & Meister, 2011

Adelowalkeria witti, Ecuador, courtesy of Leroy Simon;
id by Bill Oehlke.

Bill Oehlke at oehlkew@islandtelecom.com
Comments, suggestions and/or additional information are welcomed by Bill.

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 witti (wingspan: males: mm; females: mm) flies in
eastern Peru: Madre de Dios, Manu Park, Camicana Chico, Rio Carbon, 1200 m, and
eastern Ecuador: Napo.

Adelowalkeria plateada male, Yasuni National Park (Napo), Ecuador,
August 31, 2000, courtesy/copyright Charles Bordelon and Ed Knudson, leg Greg Muise;
id by Bill Oehlke.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Moths have been taken in and again in August, 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.

Myrocarpus frondosus .......

Myrocarpus frondosus

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