LIFE HISTORY
DATA
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Caterpillar
common name:
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- "Ojos grandes naranja
esponja"
- "Brochas cafes puntas
blancas"
- "Ojos grandes naranja
sierra azul"
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Caterpillar
behavior & description:
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- The larvae of this species
feed and rest in groups.
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Rearing results
and development time:
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Host
plants:
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- Gunnera
sp.(Gunneraceae)
- Miconia sp.
(Melastomataceae)
- Tibouchina lepiota
(Melastomataceae)
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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 : 10756, 10757, 15500, 39560,
42623, 42624, 42625, 42626, 42629, 42630, 42631, 42632,
42633, 42640, 42641, 42642, 42643, 42644, 42645, 42646,
42647, 42648, 42649
- @ University of Nevada
Reno (UNR): : 10758, 15489, 15496
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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 female # 10756
located @ , genitalia slide SRG #105
- Reared male # 42649 located
@ , genitalia slide SRG #177
- Reared male # 42631 located
@ , genitalia slide SRG #178
- Reared male # 42648 located
@ , genitalia slide SRG #179
- Reared male # 39560 located
@ , genitalia slide SRG #174
- Reared male # 42649 located
@ , genitalia slide SRG #177
- Reared male # 42624 located
@ , genitalia slide SRG #175
- Collected (San Rafael) male
located @ , genitalia slide SRG #183
- Collected (San Rafael) male
located @ , genitalia slide SRG #157
- Collected (Napo) male
located @ , genitalia slide SRG #150
- Collected (Napo) male
located @ , genitalia slide SRG #151
- Collected (Napo) male
located @ , genitalia slide SRG #152
- Collected (Napo) male
located @ , genitalia slide SRG #155
- Collected (YY) male located
@ , genitalia slide SRG #154
- Collected (YY) male located
@ , genitalia slide SRG #176
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Original description
of adult:
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- Rothschild, L. W. 1910.
Catalogue of the Arctianae in the Tring Museum, with
notes and descriptions of new species. Novitates
Zoologicae 17: 9.
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Type
locality:
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- Colombia: Western
Colombia, San Antonio.
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Known distribution
range:
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