Natural History and Comparative Morphology of Immatures of Gamelia anableps (C. Felder & R. Felder) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae, Hemileucinae)

Autor(es)

Moraes, S. S. ; Otero, L. S. ; Freitas, A. V. L.

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Neotropical Entomology; v. 46, n. 4, p. 397-408, AUG 2017.
• Citações Web of Science: 1

Resumo

Egg, larva, and pupa of Gamelia anableps (C. Felder \& R. Felder, 1874) are described for the first time and the chaetotaxy of the first instar provided. Eggs and selected structures of larvae and pupae were also investigated by means of scanning electron microscopy. Eggs are laid in clusters, are ellipsoidal and laterally flat. Larvae passed through eight instars in about 78 days. Pupation occurs inside a poorly organized cocoon of yellowish silk. The dark brown pupa is cylindrical in shape with appendages firmly fused together and to the body wall. The chaeotaxy is compared with other Saturniidae species belongining to Hemileucinae, Ceratocampinae, and Saturniinae and the natural history of G. anableps compared with other Saturniidae. (AU)

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