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Castilla micrometalmark

 (Choreutidae)

Host plant:

Castilla elastica

(Moraceae)

 
Caterpillar Description
Adult Images

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Determined by:

 

LIFE HISTORY DATA

Rearing results and development times

 Mean duration 3rd instar to pupa, 4 days; mean duration as pupa, 7.8 days; N = 112

Host plants

 Moraceae: Castilla elastica, Perebea angustifolia

Parasitoids

Lixophaga (Tachinidae), Braconidae, Eulophidae, Nemata, Ichneumonidae, Pteromalidae

Predators

 Small vespid wasps

Observations and comments

 

Voucher location

 Tulane University