Hemileuca sororia
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Updated as per Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2002, January 4, 2005
Updated as per personal communication with Chris Grinter (Las Barracas, Baja California Sur, Mexico, April 24, 1987); April 11, 2010
Updated as per personal communication with Luis Blanchet (Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico); October 18, 2010
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Hemileuca sororia
(H. Edwards, 1881)
Euleucophaeus sororius
Hemileuca sororia male, Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico,
courtesy of Luis Blanchet.
TAXONOMY:
Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Hemileucinae, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Tribe: Hemileucini, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Genus: Hemileuca, Walker, 1855 |
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DISTRIBUTION:
Hemileuca sororia
(wingspan: males: 48-55mm; females: 65-76mm) flies in
Mexico:
Baja California Sur: Las Barracas; Loreto.
FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:
Moths have been taken in January and February. Chris Grinter reports an April flight in Las Barracas.
Larvae and their hosts are unknown.
Hemileuca sororia male, Baja California Sur, Las Barracas, 30km east of Santiago, Mexico
April 24, 1987, light trap, courtesy of Chris Grinter, slight digital repair by Bill Oehlke.
ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:
Eclosions probably take place in the morning with females calling from
9:00 am until 10:00 am.
Hemileuca sororia, Mexico, courtesy of Manuel Balcazar-Lara.
Hemileuca sororia female, Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico,
February 16, 1978, Claude Lemaire, on my home computer only.
EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:
Eggs are probably laid in rings of
25-35 eggs/ring.
Pupation is in a shallow underground chamber or under loose debris.
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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