DISTRIBUTION:

Pseudautomeris hubneri (wingspan: males: 69-98mm; females: 75-115mm) flies in
southeastern Brazil: Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, Parana (CM); and in
northeastern Argentina: Misiones.

Pseudautomeris hubneri male, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil,
on my home computer only.

The abdomen is dorsally black. The forewing is elongate, but not apically produced, and the outer margin is straight. Ground colour is variable, ranging from beige, yellow-brown, orange-brown to blackish-brown. the antemedial line is strongly indented on the cubitus, coming to a point. The slightly preapical, slightly concave postmedian line, interrupted with yellow-white dots along veins, almost meets antemedian line along the inner margin.

Pseudautomeris hubneri female, Sao Paulo, Brazil,
on my home computer only.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

This moth likely broods continuously with records of specimens on the wing from May til October.

Larval hosts include Crotalaria and Senna corymbosa.

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:

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.

Crotalaria Senna corymbosa......

Rattlebox/Rattleweed autumn cassia/buttercup tree/ golden senna/scambled eggs/flowery senna

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Pseudautomeris hubneri male, more likely brasiliensis, on my home computer only