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LIFE HISTORY DATA |
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Rearing results and development time |
Not reared; day-collecting. |
Host plants |
Unknown |
Parasitoids |
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Predators |
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Observations and Comments |
This species is known exclusively from the western slope of the Ecuadorian Andes (see Miller, 2009; Bull. Am. Mus. Novit. No. 609). It's sister species, N. grimaldii, is found on the eastern slope in the region of Yanayacu Biological Station. The moth is most commonly collected during the day; it has less frequently been captured at light traps. The specimen shown bears the following label data: ECUADOR: Cotopaxi; San Francisco de Las Pampas, Otonga, 2000 m, 30-31 July 1993, leg. Elicio Tapia, Giovanni Onore & C. Young. |
Voucher location |
American Museum of Natural History |
