Pseudautomeris arminicuscoensis
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Updated as per Global Mirror System of DNA Barcoding Analysis (locations and dates of BOLD submissions), December 2011
Updated as per Entomo Satsphingia Jahrgang 3 Heft 5 18.11.2010; March 30, 2012
Updated as per personal communication with Jim Vargo (Amazonia Lodge, Madre de Dios, Peru, 485m, 70mm, May 16, 2012); June 9, 2012
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Pseudautomeris arminicuscoensis
Brechlin & Meister 2010
Pseudautomeris arminicuscoensis male, 70mm, Amazonia Lodge, Madre de Dios, Peru,
May 16, 2012, 485m, courtesy of Jim Vargo, id by Bill Oehlke.
TAXONOMY:
Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Hemileucinae, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Tribe: Hemileucini, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Genus: Pseudautomeris, Lemaire, 1967
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DISTRIBUTION:
Pseudautomeris arminicuscoensis
(wingspan: males: 62-74mm; females: 78-82mm // forewing length: males: 32-35mm; females: 40-41mm) flies in
Peru: Cusco: San Pedro: near Manu Park, 1998-02-01
Peru: Cusco: Vallee de Quillabamba, collected by R. Marx, 2006-01-07
Peru: Cusco: Vallee de Quillabamba, collected by R. Marx, 2006-06-15
This species is relatively common and has been taken in eastern Peru: Cusco (HT); Madre de Dios; Puno; at elevations between 485 (JV) - 500 and 2400m.
If my identification of the Terry Stoddard image is correct, it also flies in Junin.
Pseudautomeris arminicuscoensis, male, courtesy of Bernhard
Wenczel,
corrected from "irene arminirene" to P. arminicuscoensis by Bill Oehlke.
FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:
Specimens have been taken in January-February and June-July and December.
There may also be flights in other months. Jim Vargo reports a mid May flight in Madre de Dios, Peru, at lower elevation.
Pseudautomeris arminicuscoensis, male, 74mm, Cusco, Peru,
on my home computer only.
Pseudautomeris arminicuscoensis, male, 78mm, Pampa Hermosa Resort, Junin, Peru,
December, 2008, courtesy of Terry Stoddard, tentative id by Bill Oehlke.
ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:
Males use their more
highly developed antennae to seek out females who release an
airbourne pheromone into the night sky.
Pseudautomeris arminicuscoensis, female, 80mm, Cusco, Peru,
on my home computer only.
EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:
Eggs are deposited in clusters of
6-40+ on hostplant twigs. Larvae have urticating spines and are gregarious, especially in the
early instars.
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.
The species name is to indicate a specimen type locale in Cusco, Peru, and to indicate very close similarity to P. irene arminirene.
See Lemaire Hemileucinae 2002 Plate 73: 1, 2 for P. arminicuscoensis, labelled as irene arminirene, and Plate 72: 9 for true P. irene
arminrene.
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