Automeris oiticicai
Updated from Polillas Saturnidas de Colombia, 1997, Angela R. Amarillo-S., January 2007

Automeris oiticicai
Lemaire, 1966

Automeris oiticicai male, 92mm, Colombia, BOLD Systems.

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 oiticicai (wingspan: males: 82-92mm; females: 113mm) flies in
Colombia: Antioquia: Mesopotamia; Valle; on the western slopes of the Andes at moderate elevations.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Moths have been taken in March-April.

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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