DISTRIBUTION:

Gamelia anableps (wingspan: males: 46-60mm; females: 64(CM)-75-85mm) flies in Brazil: Ceara, Rio de Janeiro.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Gamelia anableps larvae probably feed on Common guava (Psidium guajava).

Gamelia anableps male, verso, Brazil,
courtesy of Carlos Mielke.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Females extend a scent gland from the tip of their abdomens to "call" the males. Males use their antennae to hone in on the airbourne pheromone.

Gamelia anableps female, 64mm, Guaramiranga, Ceara, Brazil,
courtesy of Carlos Mielke.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

Larvae resemble Automeris species with their numberous urticating body spines. Larvae are gregarious.

Larval Food Plants

Listed below are primary food plant(s) and alternate food plants listed in Stephen E. Stone's Foodplants of World Saturniidae. 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.

Psidium guajava....

Common guava

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