Cerodirphia diosiana
Updated as per Entomo-Satsphingia Jahrgang 4 Heft 5 29.12.2011; May 31, 2013

Cerodirphia diosiana
Brechlin & Meister, 2011

Cerodirphia diosiana male, 82mm, Madre de Dios, Peru,
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TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Hemileucinae, Grote & Rob., 1866
Tribe: Hemileucini, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Genus: Cerodirphia, Blanchard, 1952

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DISTRIBUTION:

Cerodirphia diosiana (wingspan: males: 82mm; females: // Mfwl: ; Ffwl: ) flies in
Peru: Madre de Dios.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Specimens have been recorded on the wing in at elevations of . There may be additional flight months.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Males use highly developed antennae to locate females at night by tracking their airbourne pheromone plumes.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

Larve feed gregariously and have urticating spines.

The species name, diosiana, is indicative of a specimen type locale in Madre de Dios, Peru.

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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