Prohylesia rosalinda
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Updated as per Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2002, February, 2008
Updated as per personal communication with Carlos Mielke (Itamonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2000m); April 24, 2011
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Prohylesia rosalinda
Draudt, 1929
Prohylesia rosalinda male, Itamonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
2000m, courtesy of Carlos Mielke.
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Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Hemileucinae, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Tribe: Hemileucini, Grote & Robinson, 1866
Genus: Prohylesia, Draudt, 1929
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DISTRIBUTION:
Prohylesia rosalinda
(forewing length: males: 18-19mm; females: probably larger)
(wingspan: males: 35mm)
flies in
southeastern Brazil: Minas Gerais: Passa Quatro; Itamonte (CM);
Santa Catarina; Parana; (probably Sao Paulo (WO??)).
Carlos Mielke indicates the images I had received from Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil (slightly southwest of Itamonte), are of Prohylesia zikani.
Carlos indicates the size and location of the dark marks in the cell are variable. He indicates rosalinda is smaller, lighter in colour and quite rare.
Visit Prohylesia Comparison Chart.
FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:
Moths have been taken in April, but probably also have an earlier flight.
Larry Valentine sends images of a specimen photographed on August 23, 2009, in Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Larval hosts are unknown.
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 from 10:00 pm until shortly after midnight.
EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:
Preohylesia rosalinda
larvae are similar to Automeris larvae, being gregarious and having urticating spines.
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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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