Meragisa camiola Schaus

 Notodontidae: Disphragiinae

Host plant:

Miconia sp. (Melastomataceae)

 

 

 

 

 

Male (dorsal)

 

Male (ventral)

Determined by: J.S. Miller UNR/AMNH

 

LIFE HISTORY DATA

Rearing results and development time

Voucher no. 35069 (July 2008).

Host plants

Miconia sp. (Melastomataceae).

Parasitoids

Predators

Observations and Comments

The specimen shown bears the following label data: ECUADOR: Napo; Galeras, Río Papanucu, 11.3 km SE Loreto-Coca Rd. on road to Communidad Pueblo Nuevo, 990 m, 2 Oct 2004, MV light, leg. J.S. Miller and E. Tapia. The type locality for Meragisa camiola Schaus (1937) is Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Eastern Ecuadorian material almost certainly represents an undescribed species.

Voucher location

Smithsonian Institution