Automeris nebulosa
Updated as per Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2002, March 2008
Updated as per personal communication with Carlos Mielke (Parana), April 2008

Automeris nebulosa
Conte, 1906

Automeris nebulosa male, 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]

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DISTRIBUTION:

Automeris nebulosa (wingspan: males: 58-70mm; females: 64-80mm) flies in
southeastern Brazil: Rio de Janeiro; Parana (CM); Sao Paulo; Santa Catarina; Rio Grande do Sul, at elevations from 300-500m.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Specimens have been taken in March and August. Larval hosts are unknown.

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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