DISTRIBUTION:

Periphoba pascoensis (wingspan: males: 87mm; females: // forewing length: males: 42-45mm; females: 50mm) flies in
Peru: Pasco: Oxapampa: La Suiza, collected by Bernhard Wenczel, 2006-10-01
Peru: Pasco: Oxapampa: Jose Boettcher, 2002-08-01. (Mirror)

It has been taken at elevations around 2150m.

The outer margin of the male forewing is markedly convex with a rounded apex.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Specimens have been taken in Peru in August and October. There are probably additional flight months.

Periphoba pascoensis larval hosts are unknown.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Males use well-developed antennae to seek out females which scent at night.

Periphoba pascoensis AT female, La Suiza, Pasco, Peru,
103mm, August 2002, 2180m, on my home computer only.

Periphoba pascoensis female, Pasco, Peru,
courtesy of Viktor Suter, id by Bill Oehlke.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS, AND PUPAE:

Eggs are laid in clusters and larvae, which have urticating spines, feed gregariously.

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 pronunciation of scientific names is troublesome for many. The "suggestion" at the top of the page is merely a suggestion. It is based on commonly accepted English pronunciation of Greek names and/or some fairly well accepted "rules" for latinized scientific names.

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.

Some of the early describers/namers chose genus and species names indicating some character of the insect, but more often, they simply chose names from Greek or Roman mythology or history.

Those species names which end in "ensis" indicate a specimen locale, and those which end in "i", pronounced "eye", honour a contempory friend/collector/etc.

I do not know the source of the genus name "Periphoba" chosen by Hubner in 1820.

The species name "pascoensis" is indicative of a specimen type locality in Pasco, Peru.

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