Adeloneivaia sabulosa sabulosa
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Updated as per Lemaire's Ceratocampinae 1988, September 28, 2006
Updated as per personal communication with NIgel Venters: Calilegua, Jujuy, Argentina, November 16, 2009, 750m; December 2009
Updated as per personal communication with Paul Smith (Laguna Blanca, San Pedro Department, Paraguay; October 2008); May 2010
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Adeloneivaia sabulosa sabulosa
(W. Rothschild, 1907)
Adelocephala
Adeloneivaia sabulosa sabulosa male, copyright protected, Kirby Wolfe.
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Comments, suggestions and/or additional information are welcomed by Bill.
TAXONOMY:
Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Ceratocampinae Harris, 1841
was Citheroniinae Neumoegen & Dyar, 1894
Genus: Adeloneivaia, Travassos, 1940
Speces: sabulosa sabulosa, (W. Rothschild, 1907)
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DISTRIBUTION:
The Adeloneivaia sabulosa sabulosa
moth (wingspan: males: 43-54mm; females: 64-66mm) flies in
Argentina: Tucuman, Jujuy: Calilegua (750m), probably Salta;
Bolivia: Santa Cruz;
Paraguay UD:
Concepcion,
San Pedro,
Canindeyu,
Alto Parana,
Guaira, and probably in
Caaguazu and
Itapua;
and
Brazil: Mato Grosso.
Adeloneivaia sabulosa sabulosa male, Guaira, Paraguay,
courtesy of Ulf Drechsel.
Adeloneivaia sabulosa sabulosa male, Paraguay,
courtesy of Eric van Schayck.
FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:
Adeloneivaia
sabulosa sabulosa probably fly in at least two distinct broods in
January - March and then possibly again in July-August. Nigel Venters reports a November flight in Jujuy, Argentina.
Paul Smith reports an October flight in Laguna Blanca, San Pedro Department, Paraguay.
Adeloneivaia sabulosa female, Laguna Blanca, San Pedro, Paraguay,
October 2008, courtesy of Paul Smith.
ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:
Adult Adeloneivaia sabulosa sabulosa moths emerge from pupae, and
males are slightly smaller than females.
Mating probably begins
shortly after dusk with a calling period from 10:30 pm. to 1:00 am.
Adeloneivaia sabulosa female, Laguna Blanca, San Pedro, Paraguay,
October 2008, courtesy of Paul Smith.
A light rainfall or mist seems to stimulate additional flight or
eclosions resulting in more moths on the wing, or at least taken at
lights, but
overall this species is infrequent at lights and very erratic in flight when approaching.
Adeloneivaia sabulosa sabulosa courtesy of
Bernhard Wenczel.
Adeloneivaia sabulosa sabulosa male, 50mm, Calilegua, Jujuy, Argentina,
November 16, 2009, 750m, courtesy of Nigel Venters,
tentative id by Bill Oehlke, confirmed by Luigi Racheli.
Adeloneivaia sabulosa female, Laguna Blanca, San Pedro, Paraguay,
October 2008, courtesy of Paul Smith.
EGGS, LARVAE AND PUPAE:
Night-flying females lay translucent
eggs on host plant leaves.
Larvae pupate underground in small chambers.
Care of larvae and pupae should be as for
any Neotropical species.
Adeloneivaia sabulosa sabulosa larva, copyright protected, Kirby Wolfe.
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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