DISTRIBUTION:

The Automeris lauroia moth (wingspan: males: 58-62mm; females: probably larger) flies in Brazil: Federal District; Goias; Tocantins.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Specimens have been taken in January and October. Automeris lauroia larval hosts are unknown.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Females extend a scent gland from the tip of the abdomen. Males use highly developed antennae to track the airbourne pheromone to locate the females.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

Eggs are deposited in large clusters and larvae are highly gregarious. Urticating spines offer the Automeris inornata larvae much protection. Listed below are the primary 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. Return to Main Index Return to Automeris Genus