DISTRIBUTION:

Pachygonidia martini, (wingspan: mm, males probably smaller than females), flies in South America. It has been recorded in
Colombia;
Ecuador: Zamora;
Peru: Huancabamba: Cerro de Pasco; and
Bolivia: La Paz: Murillo, Río Zongo, 750m; Río Songo [Zongo].

Pachygonidia martini is very similar to Pachygonidia hopfferi, but the forewing outer edge of martini is rounded at the end of M2, not angulate as in hoppferi.

In martini the outer edge of the dark postmedian band is wavy or toothed, whereas in hoppferi it is very smooth and straight. CATE

Pachygonidia martini and P. hopfferi "can be easily separated by the form of the outer edge of the postmedian transverse band on the forewing. In P. martini it is wavy, whereas in P. hopfferi it is straight. The specimen illustrated by d'Abrera ([1987]: 109) as P. hopfferi is P. martini." Haxaire.

Also the forewing outer edge of P. martini is rounded at the end of M2 (not angulate).

FLIGHT TIMES:

There are probably several flights throughout the year.

ECLOSION:

Larvae probably pupate in thin walled cocoons under leaf litter.

SCENTING AND MATING:

Females call in the males with a pheromone released from a gland at the tip of the abdomen.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Mature larvae probably descend host to pupate amongst leaf litter. Larvae probably feed on Doliocarpus dentatus, Doliocarpus multiflorus and Tetracera hydrophila .

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