Dioptis egla Druce

 Notodontidae: Dioptinae: Dioptini

Host plant:

Geonoma sp. (Arecaceae)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Female (dorsal)

 

Female (ventral)

 

Determined by: J.S. Miller UNR/AMNH

 

LIFE HISTORY DATA

Rearing results and development time

Host plants

Geonoma sp. (Arecaceae).

Parasitoids

Predators

Observations and Comments

The specimen shown was reared on an as yet unidentifed species of Geonoma. Label data are as follows: ECUADOR; Orellana; Río Shiripuno, Laguna Trail, 24.5 km SE bridge on rd. from Coca, 230m, 26 Jan 2009, S01º05'49.0", W76º44'35.8", larva ex Geonoma, leg. J.S. Miller, E. Tapia & W. Simbaña (see Miller, 2009; Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 321).

Voucher location

Smithsonian Institution