DISTRIBUTION:

Automeris michoacana (forewing length: male: 34-37mm; female: unknown) flies in Michoacan, Mexico on the southern slope in the Eje Volcanico biogeographic province, 1600m.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

A single male is on record, taken in June at elevation of 1600m in pine/oak forest. Larvae probably feed on oak.

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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