Automeris janrudloffi
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 Entomo-Satsphingia Jahrgang 4 Heft 1 23.03.2011); January 30, 2013

Automeris janrudloffi
Brechlin & Meister 2011

Automeris janrudloffi male, 67mm, Tolima, Colombia,
on my home computer only.

TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Hemileucinae, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Tribe: Hemileucini, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Genus: Automeris, Hubner, [1819]

MIDI MUSIC

"Someone to Watch Over Me"
copyright C. Odenkirk
ON.OFF
<bgsound src="watch.mid" LOOP=FOREVER>

DISTRIBUTION:

Automeris janrudloffi (wingspan: males: 67mm; females: 90mm // forewing length: males: 33mm; females: 40mm) flies in
Colombia: Tolima: Cordilera Central: La Luisa, 4.4, -75.4, Rudloff, 1998-08-18; 2003-01-13, at elevations of 2750m.

Note the very small hindwing ocelli in both genders.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

The specimen type was taken in La Luisa, Cordilera Central, Tolima, Colombia. Specimens have been taken in January and August.

Automeris janrudloffi female, 90mm, Tolima, Colombia,
on my home computer only.

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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