LIFE HISTORY
DATA
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Caterpillar
common name:
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- "Motorola"
- "Motorola
brochas"
- "Motorola brochas
negras"
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Caterpillar
behavior & description:
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- The larvae of this species
feed in groups up to the third instar and move to
separate leaves or plants as solitary feeders in later
instars.
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Rearing results
and development time:
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Host
plants:
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- Boehmeria spp: incl. B.
bullata, B. caudata, B. pavonni, and B.
ulmifolia.(Urticaceae)
- Phenax rugosus
(Urticaceae)
- Mireocarpa senecioides
(Urticaceae)
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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 : B1098, 23408, 25859, 25860,
26209, 38426
- @ University of Nevada
Reno (UNR): n.a.
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Adult
identification status:
Dissections:
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- Compared with type
collection @BMNH, collections @ ,
MNHN
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- Specimens dissected by
S. Rab Green:
- Reared male # 26209 located
@ , genitalia slide SRG #138
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Original description
of adult:
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- Hampson, G. F. 1901.
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British
Museum 3: 113. London.
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Type
locality:
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- Colombia: Holotype
originally designated from specimen presented by a C. H.
Schill, esq., of Broome House, Didsbury, Lancashire. No
detailed localities are attached to specimen.
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Known distribution
range:
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