Caterpillars & Parasitoids

of a Costa Rican Tropical Wet Forest  

Data from this page should be cited as follows:

Dyer, L.A. and G.L. Gentry. 2002. Caterpillars and parasitoids of a tropical lowland wet forest. http://www.caterpillars.org. Accessed: (date accessed).

Updates to this page are made daily

Caterpillars and Parasitoids of a Costa Rican Tropical Wet Forest is an ongoing project dedicated to the inventory and dissemination of information on lepidopteran larvae, their host plants, and their parasitoids. Live caterpillar specimens are collected and reared at La Selva Biological Station. The host plant, pupation and emergence dates, size and weight are recorded, along with information about associated parasitiods.

Project goals:


Families of Caterpillars

Oecophoridae

Nymphalidae

Oxytenidae

Choreutidae

Megalopygidae

Saturniidae

Tortricidae

Limacodidae

Uraniidae

Hesperiidae

Pyralidae

Sphingidae

Papilionidae

Thyrididae

Notodontidae

Pieridae

Geometridae

Arctiidae

Lycaenidae

Apatelodidae

Lymantriidae

Riodinidae

Bombycidae

Noctuidae

Lasiocampidae

Coleoptera

 


Project Summary

Frames Version

Key to Families

List of All Species

Acknowledgements