DISTRIBUTION:

Pachygonidia mielkei, (wingspan: mm, males probably smaller than females), flies in Brazil: Espirito Santo.

The forewing apex is sinuate between Rs3 and Rs4, not pointed as in caliginosa. The outer margin is concave between Rs4 and M2, and is convex at M2 but not angulate.

There is a distinct grey-brown submarginal patch on M1-M2, but it is more restricted than in Pachygonidia hopfferi. The hindwing has two median transverse pinkish-buff bands, similar to those of Pachygonidia caliginosa and Pachygonidia subhamata. CATE

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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