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Updated as per Witt Museum Lists Updated as per Global Mirror System of DNA Barcoding Analysis (locations and dates of BOLD submissions), December 2011 Updated as per personal communication with Terry Stoddard (58mm, Rio Tiputini, Yasuni, Orellana, Ecuador, September, 2000, 300m) January 26, 2013 Updated as per personal communication with Terry Stoddard (59mm, Misahualli, Napo, Ecuador, October, 2003, 400m) January 26: February 4, 2013 |
Automeris ecuata male, (58mm), Rio Tiputini, Yasuni, Orellana, Ecuador,
September 2000, 300m, courtesy of Terry Stoddard, id by Bill Oehlke.
Automeris ecuata HT male, 61mm, Santa Clara, Pastaza, Ecuador,
February 1, 2008, 1000m, on my home computer only.
Automeris atrolimbata male, revised to Automeris ecuata,
Napo province, Ecuador, courtesy of Horst Kach.
TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 |
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This species lacks the reddish tone to the basal hairs found in A. atrolimbata.
The forewing cell mark tend to be quite wide, more so than in the very similar parecuata. The hindwing pupil is black with a heavy suffusion of white on the pupil and onto the dark surrounding iris. The hindwing pm line is black, slightly undulating and not quite as thick as the very smooth line/band in parecuata, which has an overall darker appearance and more yellow, less orange hindwing median field.
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Automeris ecuata male (probably parecuata), (59mm), Misahualli, Napo, Ecuador,
October 2003, 400m, courtesy of Terry Stoddard, id by Bill Oehlke.
Automeris ecuata (possibly parecuata) female, Las Minas, Napo, Ecuador, courtesy of Horst Kach.
Automeris harrisorum (revised id to A. ecuata),
female, July 15, 2004,
Cando, Napo Province, Ecuador,
courtesy of
Horst Kach, tentative id by Bill Oehlke.
Automeris harrisorum(revised id to A. ecuata),
female (verso), July 15, 2004,
Cando, Napo Province, Ecuador,
courtesy of
Horst Kach, tentative id by Bill Oehlke.
Automeris annulata (probably A. ecuata) eggs, Lumbaqui, Sucumbios, Ecuador,
October 16, 2007, courtesy/copyright Horst Kach.
Automeris annulata (probably A. ecuata) second instar, Lumbaqui, Sucumbios, Ecuador,
November 28, 2007, courtesy/copyright Horst Kach.
Automeris annulata (probably A. ecuata) second instar, Lumbaqui, Sucumbios, Ecuador,
November 28, 2007, courtesy/copyright Horst Kach.
Automeris annulata (probably A. ecuata) fourth instar, Lumbaqui, Sucumbios, Ecuador,
December 22, 2007, courtesy/copyright Horst Kach.
Automeris annulata (probably A. ecuata) fifth instar, Lumbaqui, Sucumbios, Ecuador,
January 31, 2008, courtesy/copyright Horst Kach.
Automeris annulata (probably A. ecuata) sixth instar, Lumbaqui, Sucumbios, Ecuador,
January 27, 2008, courtesy/copyright Horst Kach.
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