Pseudautomeris stawiarskii
Updated as per Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2002, February, 2008

Pseudautomeris stawiarskii
(Gagarin, 1936) Automeris

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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 stawiarskii (wingspan: males: 63-79mm; females: 72-87mm) flies in
southeastern Brazil: Parana; Santa Catarina.

This species has a broad white band on the inner side of the forewing postmedial line.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Moths are on the wing February-April.

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 stawiarskii 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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