LIFE HISTORY
DATA
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Caterpillar
common name:
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- "Cara puntas glenn
plake"
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Caterpillar
behavior & description:
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- At least 5 other
caterpillars with the same morphology and setal
arrangements, but different (sometimes quite different)
coloration, have been collected from the same host plants
as P. albipuncta. The adults are likewise similar and
generally identified as P. albipuncta. It is still
unknown if these are different species or if P.
albipuncta has variably colored larvae. The adults are
very similar in basic morphology to other species of the
genera Praeamastus and Amastus spp. Their ambulatory
behavior and the way that they hold their wings; folded,
overlapping, on their backs, gives them the silhouette of
a very large vespid wasp.
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Rearing results
and development time:
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Host
plants:
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- Saurauia bullosa
(Actinidaceae)
- Anthurium sp.
(Araceae)
- Baccaris sp.
(Asteraceae)
- Brunnelia sp.
(Brunneliaceae)
- Erythrina edulis
(Fabaceae)
- Tibouchina lepidota
(Melastomataceae)
- Rubus sp.
(Rosaceae)
- Smilax sp.
(Smilacaceae)
- Boemeria pavonni
(Urticaceae)
- Cytharexylum sp.
(Verbenaceae)
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Parasitoids:
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- We have reared tachinids
and meteorine braconids from this species. The tachinid
develops internally in the larva and emerges from the
host pupa to pupate away from the host; up to 17
braconids develop internally and pupate away from the
host larva.
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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 : : 21049
- @ 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,
USNM.
No previous dissections
by authors or subsequent taxonomists.
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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: 136. London.
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Type
locality:
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- Venezuela: Type
specimen was collected by Wilhelm Karl Moritz (1797-1866)
in the German colony of Tovar, Venezuela, probably in the
period 1840-66. It was later sold to Sommer, from there
to the firm of Staudinger/Bang-Haas (dealers/auctioneers)
and was then purchased by the BMNH in 1901.
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Known distribution
range:
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