Automeris oroiana
Automeris oroiana
Brechlin, Kaech & Meister 2013
Automeris oroiana HT male, 64mm, Pinas-Saracay, El Oro, Ecuador,
December 7, 2012, 850m, on my home computer only.
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TAXONOMY:
Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family Saturniidae Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Hemileucinae, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Tribe: Hemileucini, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Genus: Automerina, Michener, 1949
Subgenus: Automerula
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DISTRIBUTION:
Automeris oroiana
moth (wingspan: males: mm; females: ?? // forewing length: males 32-34mm; females: ) flies in
Ecuador: El Oro: Pinas-Saracay; at elevations around 800-850m.
Visit Automeris cecrops Group Comparison Plate: Ecuador
for thumbnail images and notes on all the Automeris species found in Ecuador that belong in the Automeris cecrops Group.
FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:
Moths have been taken in December. There are probably additional flight months.
ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:
Females extend a scent gland from the tip of their abdomens to "call" the males.
Males use their antennae to hone in on the airbourne pheromone.
EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:
Larvae probably pupate in a very flimsy cocoon spun amongst leaf litter.
The species name, oroiana, is indicative of a specimen type locale in El Oro, Ecuador.
Larval Food Plants
It is hoped that this alphabetical listing followed by the common name of the anticiated foodplant will prove useful. The list is not exhaustive.
Experimenting with closely related foodplants is worthwhile.
Eugena
Malosma (=Rhus) laurina ........ Myrcia Protium heptaphyllum
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Eugena Laurel Sumac
Myrcia Incense Tree
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