Aster type noctuid 

(Noctuidae)

Host plant: Neurolaena lobata
(Compositae)

 
Caterpillar Description

 Other Images

 

LIFE HISTORY DATA

Rearing results and development times

As of May 2003, N=8 rearings: 3 eclosed, 3 were parasitized, 2 died 

Host plants

 Compositae: Neuolaena lobata, Vernonia patens

Parasitoids

 Braconidae (2), Eulophidae (1), see Other Images

Predators

Observations and comments

 We have not successfully reared enough adults to properly separate the "aster type" noctuid caterpillars. Different morphs of caterpillar may represent one or several species.

Voucher location

 Tulane Univesity