DISTRIBUTION:

Nyceryx mielkei flies in
Brazil: Maranhao, the specimen type locality.

Nyceryx mielkei HT male, Maranhao, Brazil,
courtesy of Jean Haxaire.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Moths are probably on the wing in just about every month.

ECLOSION:

Adults eclose, usually within three weeks of pupation.

SCENTING AND MATING:

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

Nyceryx mielkei AT female, Maranhao, Brazil,
courtesy of Carlos Mielke and Jean Haxaire.

Female: "FW length: 20 mm; wingspan 46 mm. Wing pattern as in the ♂ (see Haxaire 2009: 12), FW apex rounded rather than pointed as in the ♂. The distal central projection of the abdomen is absent, as in the ♀♀ of the other species of the group. As the species is clearly defined, the genitalia have not been prepared to preserve the unique specimen." Carlos Mielke and Jean Haxaire

Nyceryx mielkei AT female, Maranhao, Brazil,
courtesy of Carlos Mielke and Jean Haxaire.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Larvae feed on ??

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