Mexican Moon Moth

Larvae and adults are found between March to October in the wild. After this time, winter is spent in diapause in the pupal stage. Development is divided into 5 instars, meaning the larvae shed their skins 4 times, excluding hatching from the egg. This takes remarkably little time, with some reared examples of the species only taking 18 days from hatching to spinning cocoon. Granted, these individuals were reduced in size. Development was possibly sped up due to extreme heat. The cocoon hatch time is typical, with some examples taking around 27 days. Habitat is concentrated around the higher elevation, cloud forested regions in the south-east of Mexico, in the states of:

Hidalgo Puebla Veracruz Querétaro San Luis Potosí Tlaxcala Estado de México Possibly parts of Morelos and northern Oaxaca Their population in the wild seems rather stable, although their range is slowly being threatened by logging. Just as with A. Luna, A. Truncatipennis is able to hybridize with other species of the Genus, and even with Graellsia. This is due to these two's shared evolution on the American continent, and migration there via the Bering Ice Bridge.