Eois planetaria (Warren)

 Geometridae: Larentiinae

Host plant:

Piper sp. (Piperaceae)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Female (dorsal)

 

Female (ventral)

 

Determined by: J.S. Miller UNR/AMNH

LIFE HISTORY DATA

Rearing results and development time

Yanayacu rearing voucher nos. 10192 (Nov 2005), 11028 (Nov 2005), 23024 (Jul 2007).

Host plants

Piper sp. (Piperaceae).

Parasitoids

Predators

Observations and Comments

This species has been collected at Piper Sites 306 & 1775. The type locality for Eois planetaria (Warren) is Peru, Huanuco, Cushi, 1900m. Eois albimacula Dognin, currently listed as a synonym (Scoble, 1999), has the following type locality: Cali, San Antonio, western Colombia. It all probability, material from Yanayacu represents a third species, separate from these.

Voucher location

Smithsonian Institution