Rothschildia inca incjunensis
Updated as per Entomo Satsphingia Jahrgang 5 Heft 3 30.11.2012; March 13, 2013
Dear very GREAT Bill ! Thank You for Your E-male. You make with Your Sites a very good job for science of Lepidoptera and You have my great appreciation for this ! Here the new distribution from : Rothschildia inca incjunensis (wingspan: males: 132mm; females: // Mfwl: 71-74mm; Ffwl: 71-73mm) flies in Peru: Junin; at elevations of 1640-2140m. Ecuador: eastern slopes of the Andes (middle elevations) I have cought Rothschildia inca incjunensis in ECUADOR. NAPO Prov. , near Tena at the Rio Hollin 1000 m my first specimens in May 1997 and there are 17 specimens in my collection (15 males and 2 females). Lemaire & Venedictoff write in the BULLETIN OF THE ALLYN MUSEUM from 23 June 1989 ( 60 pages thick in A4 format) – Catalogue and Biogeography of the Lepidoptera of Ecuador : Part 1 Saturnidae: 267 species for Ecuador Number 261 Rothschildia lebeau A Subspec. lebeau western slopes of the Andes B Subspec. inca eastern slopes of the Andes There were at this time only 2 Subspecies ! And now we have : Rothschildia lebeau Rothschildia lebecuatoriana replaces A Rothschildia lebeau Subspec. lebeau in West-Ecuador Rothschildia inca Rothschildia lebtolimaiana there is many to examine, also for the Rothschildia aricia / xanthina !

Rothschildia inca incjunensis
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Brechlin & Meister, 2012

Rothschildia inca incjunensis male, Peru,
courtesy of Eric van Schayck.

TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Saturniinae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Tribe: Attacini, Blanchard, 1840
Genus: Rothschildia, Grote, 1896

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DISTRIBUTION:

Rothschildia inca incjunensis (wingspan: males: 132mm; females: // Mfwl: 71-74mm; Ffwl: mm) flies in
Peru: Junin; at elevations of 1640-2140m.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Specimens have ben taken in January-February, June-July, September and December, suggesting at least three or four annual broods.

Cherry is probably the prefered hostplant for captive rearing.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

Larvae probably do best on Prunus. They also probably take Ailanthus quite readily but grow slowly on privet.

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.

Ailanthus altissima.....
Ligustrum
Prunus

Ailanthus
Privet
Cherry

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The pronunciation of scientific names is troublesome for many. The "suggestion" at the top of the page is merely a suggestion.

There are many collectors from different countries whose intonations and accents would be different.

"Rothschildia" is chosen to honour one of the Rothschilds, possibly William.

The species/subspecies name inca incjunensis is indicative of a specimen type locale in Junin, Peru, and a great similarity to Rothschildia inca.