Catacantha tabeae
Updated as per Witt Museum Lists
Updated as per Global Mirror System of DNA Barcoding Analysis (locations and dates of BOLD submissions), December 2011
Updated as per EntomoSatsphingia Jahrgang 3 Heft 5 18.11.2010; February 25, 2015

Catacantha tabeae
Brechlin & Meister & van Schayck 2010

Catacantha tabeae HT male, 47mm, Santa Leopoldina, Espirito Santo, Brazil,
March-April, 1997, 700m, courtesy of Entomo-Satsphingia Jahrgang 3 Heft 5 18.11.2010.

TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Hemileucinae, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Tribe: Hemileucini, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Genus: Catacantha, Bouvier, 1930

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DISTRIBUTION:

Catacantha tabeae (wingspan: males: 47-50mm; females: mm // forewing length: males: 25-27mm; females: probably larger ) flies in
Brazil: Espirito Santo: Santa Leopoldina, at elevations near 700m.

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FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Specimens have been taken in March-April. There may also be flights in other months.

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.

The species name, tabaea, is honourific for Tabea De Lima, niece of Eric van Schayck.

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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