Adelowalkeria torresi
Updated as per Lemaire's Ceratocampinae 1988, September 30, 2006
Corrections are per personal communication with Carlos Mielke, April 3, 2007
Updated as per French Guiana Systematique, February 2008
Updated as per personal communication with Frederic Beneluz (image of female); May 16, 2011

Adelowalkeria torresi
Travassos & May, 1941

Adelowalkeria torresi male, French Guiana,
courtesy of Eric van Schayck, id by Bill Oehlke.

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TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Ceratocampinae, Harris, 1841
was Adelowalkeriinae: Travassos & Noronha, 1967
Genus: Adelowalkeria, Travassos, 1941

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DISTRIBUTION:

Adelowalkeria torresi (wingspan: males: 51-75mm; females: larger) flies in
Brazil: Para;
Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar;
French Guiana: Saint-Jean-du-Maroni, Coralie;
Ecuador: Napo and probably Sucumbios; and
probably in Guyana; and
Suriname at elevations up to 850m.

The mahogany ground colour in the image above, and the indistinct postmedian line as well as a slightly more rounded forewing apex are characters of this species. It is quite difficult to distinguish many species in this genus.

Adelowalkeria torresi, courtesy of JLG, id by Carlos Mielke.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Moths are probably on the wing in February-March. FGS reports a November flight in French Guiana.

Adelowalkeria torresi female, French Guiana,
courtesy of Frederic Beneluz.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Females "call" at night with an airbourne pheromone. Males fly into the night sky and pick up the scent witht their antennae.

EGGS, LARVAE AND PUPAE:

Larvae have well developed thoracic spines in the early instars. Pupation is in a subterranean chamber.

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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