LIFE HISTORY
DATA
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Caterpillar
common name:
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- "Checker
Chusquea"
- "Mah Jo(h)ng
Chusquea"
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Caterpillar
behavior & description:
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- Larvae are
solitary
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Rearing results
and development time:
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Host
plants:
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- Chusquea scandens
(Poaceae)
- Baccharis latifolia
(Asteraceae)
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Parasitoids:
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- Parasitoids in the families
Braconidae, Ichneumonidae, and Tachinidae attack the
larvae (none have been
- identified to lower taxa).
All parasitoids develop internally, the ichneumonids also
pupate internally, while the braconids and tachinids
pupate outside of the larva. The braconids emerge to
pupate in groups of up to 30 pre-pupal larvae.
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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 : B1210, 12754, 14228, 15843,
15846, 15853, 15854, 17027, 26488, 28206, 36765, 37078,
37229, 37358, 37360, 38011, 38147, 38763, 38800, 40528,
40770, 41539, 41741, 44679
- @ University of Nevada
Reno (UNR): B1135, C615, 2262, 15034
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Adult
identification status:
Dissections:
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- Compared with type
collection @BMNH & USNM, collections @
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- No previous dissections
by authors or subsequent taxonomists
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Original description
of adult:
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- Druce, H. 1883.
Descriptions of new species of Zygaenidae and Arctiidae.
- Proceedings of the
Zoological Society of London 1883: 382.
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Type
locality:
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- Ecuador:
Chiguinda.
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Known distribution
range:
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