LIFE HISTORY
DATA
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Caterpillar
common name:
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- n.a.
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Caterpillar
behavior & description:
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- The larvae of this species
feed in groups.
- Only one group has been
collected at our study site
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Rearing results
and development time:
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Host
plants:
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- Has been observed
feeding on an unknown plant in the
Boraginaceae.
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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 : B840, B841, B842
- @ University of Nevada
Reno (UNR): n.a.
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Adult
identification status:
Dissections:
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- Compared with
collections @, USNM &BMNH
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- Specimens dissected by
S. Rab Green:
- Reared male # B841 located
@ , genitalia slide SRG #133
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Original description
of adult:
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- Warren, W. 1904. New
American Thyrididae, Uraniidae, and Geometridae.
- Novitates Zoologicae 11:
17.
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Type
locality:
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- Ecuador:
Baños, Eastern Ecuador.
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Known distribution
range:
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