TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 |
"Someone to Watch Over Me" |
Automeris lecourti closely resembles A. granulosa and A. oberthurii, but differs from these two species by its color, ornamentation and the structure of the male genitalia.
Urticating spines offer the Automeris
lecourti larvae
much protection.
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