Scientific Note: Courtship behavior and other observations on the biology of Escalantiana estherae (J. Y. Miller) (Castniidae: Castniinae) in Mexico

Abstract

Escalantiana estherae is a giant butterfly-moth endemic to Mexico that has been reported from the states of Michoacán and Guerrero. Here we comment on the courtship behavior of this species as observed on a site in Guerrero. The host plant, as well as previously unknown bionomic information, is also noted herein.