LIFE HISTORY
DATA
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Caterpillar
common name:
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- "Linda
mezclada"
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Caterpillar
behavior & description:
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- The larvae of this
species are solitary feeders
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Rearing results
and development time:
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Host
plants:
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- Chusquea scandens
(Poaceae)
- Erythrina smithiana
(Fabaceae)
- Piper cf schuppii
(Piperaceae)
- Vismia tomentosa
(Clusiaceae)
- Diplazium costale var
robustum (Dryopteridaceae)
- Rubus sp.
(Rosaceae)
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Parasitoids:
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Predators:
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Collection
sites:
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- Caterpillars were collected
inside primary forests, partially reforested pastures and
next to roads along an altitudinal transect from 400m
(Tena) to 3500m (Papallacta) in the vicinity of the
Yanayacu Biological Station and Center for Creative
Studies (YBS: S 00° 35.9' W 77° 53.4': 2100 m),
5km west of Cosanga, Napo province of eastern Ecuador.
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Voucher locations
& numbers:
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- @ American Museum of
Natural History : B1160, B1172, 23122, 26518,
33717, 35068, 35074, 35720, 36122, 36123, 37871, 38043,
40860, 44109, 46622, 46995, 47200
- @ University of Nevada
Reno (UNR): n.a.
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Adult
identification status:
Dissections:
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- Compared with male
Holotype No.30425 U.S.N.M.; Amastus hyalina Dognin
type. Holotype Phaegoptera hyalina Dognin by A. Watson,
1967. Genitalia slide AW605. Our dissected specimen
differed significantly from type.
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- Specimens dissected by
S. Rab Green:
- Reared male # 33717 located
@ , genitalia slide SRG #167
- Reared male # 37871 located
@ , genitalia slide SRG #170
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Original description
of adult:
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- Dognin, P. 1889.
Diagnoses de Lépidoptères nouveaux. Le
Naturaliste 2(3): 14.
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Type
locality:
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- Ecuador: Described
from a single example from San Francisco near Loja.
- Colombia: Holotype
No.30425 from "Dognin Collection"; Monte Tolima,
3200m.
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Known distribution
range:
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