DISTRIBUTION:

Automeris occiecuatoriana (wingspan: males: mm; females: mm) flies in
Ecuador: Pichincha: 80 km W Quito, Halada, 2002-02-26.

Now, 2014, treated as a subjective synonym of A. fieldi.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

The specimen type was taken on February 26, 2002.

Automeris occiecuatoriana male, Los Bancos, Pichincha Province, Ecuador,
April, 2, 2003, courtesy of Horst Kach.

Automeris occiecuatoriana male (verso), Los Bancos, Pichincha Province, Ecuador,
April, 2, 2003, courtesy of Horst Kach.

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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Automeris occiecuatoriana male, Pichincha, Ecuador,
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