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Updated as per Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2002, March 2008 |
TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 |
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The male forewing is elongate and falcate with a very dark brown basal area, becoming slightly lighter and orangey brown in the median area to an almost translucent grey in the post median area. The faint pm line is broadly preapical, and the oval cell marking is slightly darker than its surroundings.
The hindwing is drab brown with an only slightly darker, circular cell marking.
Automeris nubila male, on my home computer only.
John Kamps reports a specimen taken in September in Santa Catarina.
Automeris nubila female, Rio Natal, Bento dol Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil,
September 6, 1999, courtesy of John Kamps.
Eggs are deposited in large clusters and larvae are highly gregarious.Urticating spines offer the Automeris nubila larvae much protection. 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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