Copaxa andescens
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Updated as per personal communication with Ron Brechlin, July 6, 2012
Updated as per personal communication with Terry Stoddard (Napo, Ecuador; Junin Peru; wingspans and dates); February 23, 2013
Updated as per Entomo Satsphingia, Jahrgang 5 Heft 2 2012; May 20, 2014
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Copaxa andescens
koh-PAX-uhMan-DES-sens
Brechlin & Meister 2012
Copaxa andescens male, 101mm, fwl: 57mm, Puerto Misahualli, Napo, Ecuador,
October 13, 2003, 400m, courtesy of Terry Stoddard,
id and digital repair by Bill Oehlke.
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| TAXONOMY:
Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Saturniinae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Tribe: Saturniini, Boisduval, 1837
Genus: Copaxa, Walker, 1855
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DISTRIBUTION:
Copaxa andescens
(wingspan: males: 92-101mm; females: 103mm; // forewing length: males: 53-57mm; females: 59mm) flies in
eastern Ecuador: Napo;
eastern Peru: Junin; and
Bolivia: Santa Cruz; Cochabamba; La Paz.
This name is a replacement for decrescens in the afore-mentioned countries, with decrescens now limited to southeastern Brazil (Ron Brechlin, July 2012).
Copaxa andescens male, 92mm, fwl: 53mm, Pampa Hermosa Resort, Junin, Peru,
April, 2011, 1200m, courtesy of Terry Stoddard,
id and digital repair by Bill Oehlke.
Copaxa andescens male, Santa Cruz, Bolivia,
January 4, 2010, 1000m, courtesy of Jason Weigner;
tentative id by Ron Brechlin.
Copaxa andescens HT male, 97mm, Cochabamba, Bolivia,
as per Entomo Satsphingia, Jahrgang 5 Heft 2 2012; on my home computer only.
The size of the hyaline cell spots on all wings of the specimen from Santa Cruz, Bolivia, suggests that it is different from the specimens from Ecuador and Peru.
FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:
Copaxa andescens larvae probably feed upon avocado (Persea americana).
Most of the Copaxa brood continuously so I suspect andescens would be on the wing every month of the year. Thus far this species has only been observed on
the wing in September-October-November.
Copaxa andescens female, 103mm, fwl: 59mm, Pampa Hermosa Resort, Junin, Peru,
December 8, 1200m, courtesy of Terry Stoddard,
id and digital repair by Bill Oehlke.
Copaxa andescens female, La Pazx, Bolivia,
ESs Journal, on my home computer only.
ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:
Male Copaxa andescens moths use highly developed antennae to locate females by tracking the airbourne pheromone
plume. The female releases this scent into the air via an organ extended from the tip of the abdomen.
EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:
It is hoped that this alphabetical listing followed by the common name of the anticipated foodplant will
prove useful. The list is not exhaustive. Experimenting with closely
related foodplants is worthwhile.
Persea americana .......
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The species name, andescens, is a replacement name for those specimens on the eastern slopes of the Andes, formerly identified as decrescens.