Pseudautomeris coronis
Updated as per Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2002, January 4, 2005
Updated as per corrections (hubneri to coronis), courtesy of Carlos Mielke, April 9, 207
Updated as per personal communication with Carlos Mielke (Parana), April 2008

Pseudautomeris coronis
(Schaus, 1913) Automeris

Pseudotomeris coronis male, Santa Catarina (Brazil)

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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 coronis (wingspan: males: 88-98mm; females: 106-117mm) flies in
southeastern Brazil in Santa Catarina, Rio de Janeiro and and Parana (CM) and (possibly in Sao Paulo (WO?)) in tropical rain forest.

The forewing shows three different shadings in the antemdian, median and postmedian regions. The postmedian line is dark brown, faintly marked with white dots at the intersection of the veins.

The hindwing eyespot is distinctly ringed with dull yellow.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

This moth likely broods continuously, but records for specimens seem limited to March and April. Larvae can probably be reared on Tilia species.

Pseudautomeris coronis pair.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Females extend a scent gland from the tip of the abdomen to call in the night-flying males. Most male activity occurs in the two hours before midnight.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

Pseudautomeris coronis larvae are similar to Automeris larvae, being gregarious and having urticating spines.


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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