LIFE HISTORY
DATA
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Caterpillar
common name:
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- "Limonada de
Mosca"
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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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- Mikania micrantha
(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 : 35151, 35203, 44489,
45559
- @ University of Nevada
Reno (UNR): n.a.
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Adult
identification status:
Dissections:
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- Compared with type
collection @BMNH & USNM, collections @
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- Specimens dissected by
S. Rab Green:
- Reared male # 35151 located @ , genitalia slide
SRG #127
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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: 372.
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Type
locality:
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- Colombia:
Antioqua.
- Ecuador:
Sarayacu.
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Known distribution
range:
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