Automeris louisiana [Ferguson and Brou 1981] Louisiana Io

Saturniidae

Host Plant: Reported from Spartina alterniflora (Tuskes et al 1996).

Other Images: Close up.

Determined by: Dyer

 

Time as pupae and rearing results: As of December 2003 N=3

Host plants in database:
Fabaceae: Phaesolus vulgaris [Bean]

Parasitoids and predators:

Observations and comments: This species appears to be a cryptic species found along the Gulf of Mexico coast that had been recently separated from Automeris io (see Tuskes et al. 1996).

Location of Vouchers: Tulane University

References:

Tuskes, Tuttle, and Collins 1996

Vines 1960

Collected: New Orleans Garden Plot