DISTRIBUTION:

The Automeris lachaumei moth (wingspan: males: 52-63mm; females: 71mm) flies in Bolivia at high elevation, 2600m plus.

The species is named to recognize its collector, Gilbert Lachaume.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Specimens have ben taken in December-January and March, probably as a single flight

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

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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