Cerodirphia peigleri
Updated as per personal communication with Bernhard Wenczel
Updated as per Global Mirror System of DNA Barcoding Analysis (locations and dates of BOLD submissions), December, 2011

Cerodirphia peigleri
Naumann, Brosch, & Wenczel, 2005

Cerodirphia peigleri male, courtesy of Bernhard Wenczel.

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 peigleri (wingspan: males: 78mm; females: // Mfwl: ; Ffwl: ) flies in
Peru: Pasco: Oxapampa, collected by B. Wenczel, 2003-04-21;
Peru: Pasco: Oxapampa, collected by B. Wenczel, 2003-05-01.

Cerodirphia peigleri* male, 78mm, Pasco, Peru,
on my home computer only.

* The ESs male does not seem a very good match for the image sent to me by Bernhard Wenczel.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Specimens have been taken in April-May. There are likely other flight months.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

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

Cerodirphia peigleri female, courtesy of Bernhard Wenczel.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

Larve probably feed gregariously and have urticating spines.

Cerodirphia peigleri sixth instar larva, courtesy of Bernhard Wenczel.

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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