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Updated as per
Lemaire's Ceratocampinae 1988, September 25, 2006 Updated as per personal communication with Carlos Mielke (Parana), April 2008 Updated as per Rio Grande do Sul: Arsenurinae and Ceratocampinae; April 25, 2013 |
Othorene cadmus male, Brazil, courtesy of Eric van Schayck.
TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 |
"What.A.Wonderful.World" |
Males have triangular, elongated forewings. Note the very angular hindwing with a slight lobe. There are forewing purplish-grey basal and postmedian areas in both sexes with a small white discal spot. There is usually black speckling on the forewings. The hindwing is usually orangey-brown, instead of carmine as in hodeva.
Othorene cadmus male, 104mm, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
Cornell University Collection, courtesy of Ryan Saint Laurent.
Larvae probably feed upon Gleditsia triacanthos.
Othorene cadmus female.
Neither sex comes in to lights regularly, but peak activity runs from 10:30 pm until 2:30 am with the females on the wing earlier than the males.
Gleditsia triacanthos........ | Honeylocust |
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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.
I do not know the origin of the genus name Othorene.
In Greek mythology, Cadmus was the son of Agenor and the brother of Europa. He was the founder of the city of Thebes.