Pseudautomeris salmonea
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Updated as per Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2002, February 2008
Updated as per Entomo Satsphingia Jahrgang 3 Heft 5 18 11 2010 (Colombia: Cundinamarca); February 15, 2012
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Pseudautomeris salmonea
Cramer, 1777
Phalaena Attacus
Pseudautomeris
salmonea male, copyright protected,
courtesy of Kirby Wolfe.
This site has been created by
Bill Oehlke at oehlkew@islandtelecom.com
Comments, suggestions and/or additional information are welcomed by Bill.
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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 salmonea
flies in
Suriname: ;
French Guiana: Kaw, Cayenne,
Regina, Coralie, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, Saint Jean-du-Maroni;
French Guiana: Nouragues: Kitchen carbet, 4.088, -52.681, collected by MAS. Smith & R. Rougerie, 2011-01-29
Venezuela: Merida, Bolivar, Miranda, Distrito
Federal, Aragua, Carabobo, Barinas, Tachira;
Trinidad (Ralph Telford);
Colombia: Cundinamarca; and
Brazil: Para.
Brazil: Para: Pacaja: Pacaja-BPC216, -3.727, -51.039, collected by T. Decaens, 2008-06-01
Brazil: Para: Palmares: Palmares-BPR3555, -5.801, -49.837, collected by T. Decaens, 2008-04-01
Brazil: Para: Macaranduba: Macaranduba-BMB310, -4.811, -49.367, collected by T. Decaens, 2008-04-01.
It is probably also found in Guyana.
Pseudautomeris salmonea pair, courtesy of Bernhard Wenczel.
FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:
This moth likely
broods continuously. Larvae feed on Citrus,
Passiflora quadrangulare and Schinus terebinthifolius. Beech and privet are also accepted.
Pseudautomeris salmonea male, Venezuela,
courtesy of Eric van Schayck.
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Pseudautomeris salmonea female, Venezuela,
courtesy of Eric van Schayck.
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 salmonea
larvae are similar to Automeris
larvae, being gregarious and having urticating spines.
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Pseudautomeris salmonea courtesy of ViKtor Suter,
via Bernhard Wenczel.
Pseudautomeris salmonea copyright Kirby Wolfe
Pseudautomeris salmonea courtesy of James Seawright
The image sent to me by James Seawright, for identification purposes,
comes from southeastern Panama about fifteen kilometers from
Colombia border. This is outside the range listed by Lemaire, so
identification may be incorrect, but I believe the species is
salmonea with more colouration than depicted by Lemaire
or by the other two larvae depicted.
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.
Citrus
Passiflora quadrangulare.......
Schinus terebinthifolius
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Passionflower
Brazilian pepper-tree
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