Oxydia platypterata Guenée

 Geometridae: Ennominae

Host plant:

Barnadesia parviflora (Asteraceae)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Male (dorsal)

 

Male (ventral)

 

Female (dorsal)

 

Female (ventral)

Determined by: J.S. Miller UNR/AMNH

 

LIFE HISTORY DATA

Rearing results and development time

Yanayacu rearing voucher Nos. C68 (Aug 2004), 1854 (Feb 2005), 10132 (Dec 2005), 27816 (Nov 2007), 35673 (Sept 2008), 36091 (Nov 2008).

Host plants

Barnadesia parviflora (Asteraceae); Erythrina smithiana (Fabaceae), Erythrina edulis (Fabaceae), Miconia sp. (Melastomataceae), unknown Ericaceae.

Parasitoids

Predators

Observations and Comments

Collected on Yanayacu road, Sierra azul, and Plot 376 (Sendero de las Lagrimas).

Voucher location

Smithsonian Institution