LIFE HISTORY
DATA
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Caterpillar
common name:
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- n.a.
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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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- Erato polymnioides
(Asteracae)
- Miconia sp.
(Melastomataceae)
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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 : 31188, 32365,
36190
- @ University of Nevada
Reno (UNR): n.a.
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Adult
identification status:
Dissections:
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- Compared with female
Holotype No.30404 U.S.N.M.; Amastus thermidora Dognin
type. Holotype Amastus thermidora Dognin by A. Watson,
1967. Genitalia slide AW544.
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- Specimens dissected by
S. Rab Green:
- Reared female #36190 located @ , genitalia slide
SRG #137
- Collected (YY) male located @ , genitalia slide
SRG #104
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Original description
of adult:
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- Dognin, P. 1913.
Hétérocères nouveaux de
l'Amérique du Sud. Mémoires de la
Société Entomologique de Belgique 22: 4.
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Type
locality:
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- Ecuador: "Environs
de Loja" 1892. Dognin Collection.
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Known distribution
range:
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