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Updated as per
Heppner's Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera Checklist: Part 4B, 1996, November 27, 2005 Lemaire's Ceratocampinae, November 27, 2005 Updated as per personal communication with Horst Kach, February 2008 Updated as per personal communication with Carlos Mielke, July 2009 |
TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 |
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Eacles adoxa male, Pununo, Misahualli, Napo, Ecuador,
August 9, 2007, courtesy of Horst Kach.
Eacles adoxa male (verso), Pununo, Misahualli, Napo, Ecuador,
August 9, 2007, courtesy of Horst Kach.
Natural hosts are unknown.
Eacles adoxa female, 114mm, Kaw, French Guiana, courtesy of Carlos Mielke.
The pair remains coupled until the following evening. Upon separation, the females begin their ovipositing flights.
Larvae are solitary in their feeding habits and have extensive thoracic scoli, especially pronounced in early instars. At maturity, larvae descend trees to pupate in underground chambers. Pupae should be stored under cool , but above freezing temperatures, and sprinkling with water a few times a week in spring encourages subsequent eclosions.
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The pronunciation of scientific names is
troublesome for many. The "suggestion" at the top of the page is
merely a suggestion. It is based on commonly
accepted English pronunciation of Greek names and/or some
fairly well accepted "rules" for latinized scientific names.
The suggested pronunciations, on this page and on other pages,
are primarily put forward to assist those who hear with internal
ears as they read.
There are many collectors from different countries whose
intonations and accents would be different.
Some of the early describers/namers chose genus
and species names indicating some character of the insect, but more
often, they simply chose names from Greek or Roman mythology or
history. Those species names which end in "ensis" indicate a
specimen locale, and those which end in "i", pronounced "eye", honour
a contempory friend/collector/etc.
I do not know the source of the genus
name "Eacles", but it may be a combination of
"Ea", the Greek word for gods and goddesses and the Greek
suffix "cles", meaning 'glory of'.
The origin of the species name "adoxa" is unknown to me.
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