LIFE HISTORY
DATA
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Caterpillar
common name:
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- "Arctiid rayas blancas
puntos naranjas a los lados del cuerpo"
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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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- Oreopanax spp.
(Araliaceae)
- Columnea ericae
(Gesneriaceae)
- Chusquea scandens
(Poaceae)
- Alloplectus
tetragonoides (Gesneriaceae)
- Schefflera dielssi
(Araliaceae)
- Dendrophorbium lloense
(Asteraceae)
- Critoniopsis
occidentalis (Asteraceae)
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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 : 1459, 23385, 24865, 24981,
25017, 26019, 30445, 30446, 39148, 40871, 41489,
45296
- @ University of Nevada
Reno (UNR): 13577
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Adult
identification status:
Dissections:
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- Compared with type
collection @BMNH, collections @, USNM
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- Specimens dissected by
S. Rab Green:
- Reared male # 30445 located
@ , genitalia slide SRG #135
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Original description
of adult:
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- Druce, H. 1910.
Descriptions of some new species of Heterocera from E.
& W. Africa and tropical S. America. Annals and
Magazine of Natural History (8)6: 171.
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Type
locality:
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- Colombia: San
Antonio, 5800ft
- Peru: East Peru,
Puzuzo, 2000-4000ft
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Known distribution
range:
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