Titaea timur
TYE-tay-uhmm
tye-MOOR
(Fassl, 1915)
(Dysdaemonia)
Titaea timur courtesy of Evgeny V. Komarov
This page about Titaea timur has been created by
Bill Oehlke at oehlkew@islandtelecom.com
Comments, suggestions and/or additional information are welcomed by Bill.
TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 |
"The.Girl.from.Ipanema"
midi by Mel WebbON.OFF |
DISTRIBUTION:
The Titaea timur moth
(wingspan: males: 108-140mm; females: 130-153mm) flies at lower
elevations (350m - 900m) in South America:
Brazil: Amazonas, Para, Mato Grosso;
Colombia: Meta, probably Caqueta and
Putamayo;
eastern Ecuador:
Napo (scarce, only near Misahuali (LR)),
Sucumbios,
Morona-Santiago,
probably Pastaza and
Orellana;
Peru: Amazonas (LTR); Huanuco; Ucayali (VI); (Loreto: Iquitos (HM));
probably San Martin.
Visit a series of images of male Titaea timur from Iquitos, Loreto, Peru, courtesy of Hubert Mayer.
Titaea timur male, Atalaya, Ucayali, Peru
October 31, 2008, 350m, courtesy of Vladimir Izersky.
Titaea timur male, Atalaya, Ucayali, Peru
October 31, 2008, 350m, courtesy of Vladimir Izersky.
FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:
There are likely two broods each year with Titaea timur moths on the wing in January-February and then again in June-July. Vladimir Izersky reports them on the wing in October-November in Ucayali, Peru. Hubert Mayer reports them on the wing in Loreto, Peru, in May and October.
Titaea timur larvae will likely accept Bombacopsis quinatum.
Titaea timur (male), Ecuador, courtesy of Eric van Schayck.
ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:
Moths fly
at night and females emit an airbourne pheromone to "call" the males.
Eclosion from pupae seems to be under cover of darkness.
Titaea timur female, Serra do Penitente, Balsas, MA, Brazil, courtesy of Carlos Mielke.
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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. It is based on commonly
accepted English pronunciation of Greek names and/or some
fairly well accepted "rules" for latinized scientific names.
The suggested pronunciations, on this page and on other pages,
are primarily put forward to assist those who hear with internal
ears as they read.
There are many collectors from different countries whose
intonations and accents would be different.
Some of the early describers/namers chose genus
and species names indicating some character of the insect, but more
often, they simply chose names from Greek or Roman mythology or
history. Those species names which end in "ensis" indicate a
specimen locale, and those which end in "i", pronounced "eye", honour
a contempory friend/collector/etc.
The genus name "Titaea" comes from the Greek
Titaea, who is the mother of the Titans.
(tImoorŽ) or Tamerlane, c.1336-1405, Mongol conqueror, b. Kesh, near
Samarkand. He is also called Timur Leng [Timur the lame]. He was the
son of a tribal leader, and he claimed (apparently
for the first time in 1370) to be a descendant of Jenghiz Khan.
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