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Updated as per Heppner's Checklist: Part 4B 1996, January 1, 2005 Updated as per Lemaire's Attacidae 1978, December 27, 2005 Polillas Saturnidas de Colombia, 1997, Angela R. Amarillo-S., January 2007 Updated as per "An update checklist for the Saturniidae of Ecuador. Part II: .... " in SHILAP Revta. lepid 34 (135), 2006: 197-211 L. & T. Racheli, September 2007 Updated as per personal communication with Lorenzo Comoglio (Alluriquin, Pichincha, Ecuador, March 2007, 838m); December 27, 2010 Updated as per Entomo Satsphingia Jahrgang 5 Heft 3 30.11.2012; March 13, 2013 Updated as per personal communication with Brian Fletcher (Umbrellabird Lodge, Jocotoco Foundation Buenaventura Reserve, nr. Pinas, El Oro, Ecuador, February 28, 2014, 1200m); March 12, 2014 |
TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 |
"Girl from Ipanema"
midi by Mel WebbON.OFF |
Males have a deep orange or mahogany colour while the female is ochre to yellow-brown.
Rothschildia equatorialis, male, Lita, Esmeraldas, Ecuador,
October 3, 2007, e. o., courtesy of Horst Kach.
Rothschildia equatorialis, female, Lita, Esmeraldas, Ecuador,
October 3, 2007, e. o., courtesy of Horst Kach.
On the hindwing, the hyaline spot is relatively small and is rounded toward the body. The dark scaling in the cream coloured wedges in the submarginal area of the hindwings is pronounced, almost completely filling the wedges. That darker scaling is redder toward the apex and almost black near the anal angle.
The same areas on the forewing are devoid of dark scaling except for the deep red crescent outside the apical "eyespot".
Rothschildia equatorialis , Umbrellabird Lodge, Jocotoco Foundation Buenaventura Reserve,
near Pinas, El Oro, Ecuador,
February 28, 2014, 1200m, id by Bill Oehlke
Rothschildia equatorialis male, Pichincha, Ecuador,
courtesy of Kelly Price.
Rothschildia orizaba equatorialis male, Alluriquin Pichincha, Ecuador,
March 2007, 838m, Lorenzo Comoglio for Giampaolo.
In captivity they will accept several foods but the only one that produced full sized adults was cherry. Privet worked but they did not attain full size.
There are both inner and outer cocoons, each with a relatively long valve to facilitate eclosions.
Ligustrum........ | Privet |
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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.
The species name, orizaba, is the name of a large city in the Mexican state of Veracruz.
The subspecies name, equatorialis, is for the distribution near the Equator.