Citheronia sepulcralis

Pine-devil moth
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Genus: Citheronia
Species: C. sepulcralis
Binomial name
Citheronia sepulcralis
(Grote & Robinson, 1865)

Citheronia sepulcralis (pine-devil moth) is a Nearctic member of the family Saturniidae and of the subfamily Ceratocampinae. The species are blackish-brown coloured.[1]

Range

The adults fly in broods and can be found in different states of the USA during different months. The moths are present in the states of Georgia, Kentucky, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Florida and Maine.[2] They are most common in Florida and Louisiana.[3]

Broods in northern USA will fly during June–July. In the southern states, the moths will fly from April–June. Several broods in Florida City, Florida can fly during March–October.[4]

Status

Egg

The eggs hatch after 7–10 days, and the caterpillars then start feeding almost immediately[4]

Larva

The larvae of the species are black coloured.[5] Black or brown with black marking.

Pupa

As with most of this subfamily, when the caterpillars are ready to pupate, they burrow underground.[4]

Adult

As with all of Saturniidae, the adults do not feed. Their mouthparts have been reduced. The adults are brown coloured.[5]

Food plants

Ecology

Adults emerge in the morning and mate on the same night. Females lay egg in groups of 1-3 on pine needles the next night.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Colour of an adult
  2. ↑ Distribution
  3. ↑
  4. 1 2 3 4 Range, egg, pupa and ecology of the species
  5. 1 2 Corour of adult and larvae of the moth

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