DISTRIBUTION:

Arsenura arianae (wingspan: males: mm; females: mm) flies in
Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua:
Mexico: Oaxaca: Metates, collected by Salk, 1998-07-05
Mexico: Veracruz: Fortin, 1995-06-05
Mexico: Veracruz: Sierra de Los Tuxtlas, Mpio. San Andres Tuxtla, Volcan San Martin, collected by P. Jakubek, 2004-09-20
Guatemala: Alta Verapaz: 50 km N Coban, 15.4, -90.29, collected by Rudloff, 2001-07-04
Nicaragua: Jinotega: El Gobiado, collected by P. Schmit, 2006-09-16
Nicaragua: Managua: Finca La delicias, collected by P. Schmit, 2006-09-11
northern Costa Rica: Guanacaste (dry forest and wet forest; DJ); Alejuela; probably northern Punatarenas (LER/WO?).

Arsenura arianae female, La Ensenada, Puntarenas, Costa Rica,
June 20, 2011, courtesy of Lary E. Reeves, tentative id by Bill Oehlke.

I believe Arsenura armida populations begin in southern Costa Rica and continue southward into northern South America, while recently described Arsenura arianae populations replace armida in most of Central America. I also believe arianae show much more white scaling along the subterminal line on all wings, but I could be wrong. Bill Oehlke.

Dan Janzen, 2012, confirms that arianae replaces armida in both rain forest and dry forest in Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Arsenura arianae is on the wing in December and probably in other months.

Larvae feed on ?

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Males use their antennae to seek out females which scent at night.

EGGS, LARVAE AND PUPAE:

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.

The pronunciation of scientific names is troublesome for many. The "suggestion" at the top of the page is merely a suggestion. It is based on commonly accepted English pronunciation of Greek names and/or some fairly well accepted "rules" for latinized scientific names.

The suggested pronunciations, on this page and on other pages, are primarily put forward to assist those who hear with internal ears as they read.

There are many collectors from different countries whose intonations and accents would be different.

Some of the early describers/namers chose genus and species names indicating some character of the insect, but more often, they simply chose names from Greek or Roman mythology or history.

Those species names which end in "ensis" indicate a specimen locale, and those which end in "i", pronounced "eye", honour a contempory friend/collector/etc.

I do not know the source of the genus name "Arsenura" chosen by Duncan in 1841.

The species name arianae is honourific for a Dr. Ariane Brechlin.

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