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Updated as per Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2002, March 2008 Updated as per French Guiana Systematique, March 2008; probably G. rindguayana Updated as per personal communication with Horst Kach (Mendez, Morona-Santiago, Ecuador, November 2010, Inga, 650m); February 18, 2011 Updated as per personal communication with Jim Vargo (Amazonia Lodge, Madre de Dios, Peru, May 16, 2012, 485m); June 9, 2012 Updated as per Entomo-Satsphingia Jahrgang 5 Heft 1 11.04.2012; November 10, 2013 |
TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 |
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Peru: San Martin (ESs), Huanuco, Junin, Cusco, Madre de Dios, Puno;
Bolivia: Beni, Cochabamba, Chuquisaca;
Ecuador: Sucumbios, Orellana, Tungurahua, Napo,
Morona-Santiago and probably Pastaza;
possibly western Venezuela??
The geographic locations listed below are more applicable for Gamelia rindguayana and possibly other recently described species:
French Guiana: Cayenne, Regina,
Sinnamary, Barrage Petit Saut, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni,
Saint-Jean-du-Maroni, Saul, Kaw, Cacao;
Guyana: ;
Venezuela: Bolivar;
Brazil: Maranhoa, Bahia;
probably Suriname: (probably
Sipaliwini, Brokopondo, Marowijne ??).
Gamelia rindgei male, 63mm, San Martin, Peru,
Entomo-Satsphingia Jahrgang 5 Heft 1 11.04.2012; on my home computer only.
Gamelia rindgei ?? male, Peru,
courtesy of Eric Van Schayck.
Gamelia rindgei (maybe abasia WO?) male, Ecuador, courtesy of Leroy Simon.
Gamelia rindgei male, 60mm, Amazonia Lodge, Madre de Dios, Peru,
May 16, 2012, 485m, courtesy of Jim Vargo, id by Bill Oehlke.
Gamelia rindgei larvae probably feed on Common guava (Psidium guajava).
EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:Gregarious larvae resemble Automeris species with their numberous urticating body spines.Image courtesy of Martin Jagelka. Probably the image to the right is of another species, possibly Gamelia rindguayana? |
Gamelia rindgei second instars on Inga, Mendez, Morona-Santiago, Ecuador,
August 18, 2010, 650m, courtesy of Horst Kach.
Gamelia rindgei third instars on Inga, Mendez, Morona-Santiago, Ecuador,
650m, courtesy of Horst Kach.
Gamelia rindgei fourth instar on Inga, Mendez, Morona-Santiago, Ecuador,
August 25, 2010, 650m, courtesy of Horst Kach.
Gamelia rindgei fourth instar on Inga, Mendez, Morona-Santiago, Ecuador,
650m, courtesy of Horst Kach.
Gamelia rindgei fifth instar on Inga, Mendez, Morona-Santiago, Ecuador,
650m, courtesy of Horst Kach.
Gamelia rindgei sixth instar on Inga, Mendez, Morona-Santiago, Ecuador,
650m, courtesy of Horst Kach.
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