Phaeoblemma dares Stoll

(Noctuidae)

Host plant: Senna fruticosa
(Leguminosae)
 

Caterpillar Description

 Other Images

Det. G. Gentry/L. Dyer

 

LIFE HISTORY DATA

Rearing results and development times

 As of May 2003 N=23 rearings: 16 ecolosed, 7 died.
 Time as pupa: 12-19 days (N=7).

Host plants

 Leguminosae: Senna fruticosa

Parasitoids

 

Predators

 Predatory pentatomids

Observations and comments

Early instars drop from plant on a thread when threatened. Third-fifth instars drop without a thread.

Voucher location

 Tulane University