DISTRIBUTION:

The Automeris windiana moth (wingspan: males: 69-71mm; females: unknown) flies in the Sierra del Norte of Chiapas, Mexico, at elevations up to 2800m.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Males have been taken from early April til mid June. The caterpillar host plant is unknown.

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

Listed below are primary food plant(s) and alternate food plants listed in Stephen E. Stone's Foodplants of World Saturniidae. 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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