Epimecis patronaria Walker

 (Geometridae)

Host plant: Piper reticulatum, Piper auritum

(Piperaceae)

 

Determined by: G. Brehm, Jim Miller

LIFE HISTORY DATA

Rearing results and development times

N = 2 rearings, both to adult. Time from 4th instar to pupa = 1 week; time from pupa to imago = 2 weeks 

Host plants

 Piper reticulatum - it eats the inflorescence of this plant; Piper auritum

Parasitoids

 

Predators

 

Observations and comments

 

Voucher location

 Smithsonian/UNR