Pseudautomeris boettgeri
Updated as per Global Mirror System of DNA Barcoding Analysis (locations and dates of BOLD submissions), January, 2012

Pseudautomeris boettgeri
Naumann, Brosch, & Wenczel, 2005

Pseudotomeris boettgeri pair, courtesy of Bernhard Wenczel.

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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 boettgeri (Wingspan: mm males; mm females) flies in
Peru: Pasco.
Peru: Pasco: Oxapampa, -10.6375, -75.2872, J. Boettger, 2002-04-18
Peru: Pasco: near Oxapampa, collected by B. Wenczel, 2002-04-10
Peru: Pasco: Oxapampa, -10.6375, -75.2872, collected by J. Boettger.

Pseudautomeris boettgeri (male), Pasco, Peru, courtesy of Eric van Schayck.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Specimens have been taken in April. There are probably additional flight months.

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 probably occurs in the two hours before midnight.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

Pseudautomeris boettgeri 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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