Anisomelia sp. nr. oriolata Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875

 Geometridae: Larentiinae

Host plant:

Miconia capitellata (Melastomataceae)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Male (dorsal)

 

 

Male (ventral)

Determined by: Janusz Wojtusiak, Jagiellonian Univ., Krakow, Poland.

LIFE HISTORY DATA

Rearing results and development time

Yanayacu rearing voucher Nos. 35190 (July 2008); 36363, 36364 (Dec 2008).

Host plants

Miconia capitellata (Melastomataceae)

Parasitoids

Predators

Observations and Comments

This is an undescribed species of Anisomelia, a genus currently containing a single species - oriolata Felder & Rogenhofer - from Bogota, Colombia (see Scoble, 1999). Caterpillars of this species have been collected along Yanayacu Road.

Voucher location

Smithsonian Institution