Gonora hyelosioides (Walker)

 Geometridae: Ennominae

Host plant:

Oreopanax confusus (Araliaceae)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Male (dorsal)

 

Male (ventral)

Determined by: J.S. Miller UNR/AMNH

 

LIFE HISTORY DATA

Rearing results and development time

Yanayacu rearing voucher Nos. 19844--19870 (Oct 2006).

Host plants

Oreopanax confusus (Araliaceae).

Parasitoids

Predators

Observations and Comments

Caterpillars were collected on Yanayacu Road. This species was originially described in the genus Dioptis (Notodontidae: Dioptinae), and bears remarkable resemblance to members of the dioptine genus Phanoptis (see Miller, J.S., 2009, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., no. 321).

Voucher location

Smithsonian Institution