Lirimiris guatemalensis

(Notodontidae)

Host plant: Hampea appendiculata

 

Caterpillar Description

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Determined by: Dyer/Gentry

 

LIFE HISTORY DATA

Rearing results and development time

As of Oct. 2001, N=2: Both moths eclosed. 

Host plants

Bombacaceae: Ochroma lagopus
Malvaceae: Hampea appendiculata

Parasitoids

 

Predators

 

Observations and comments

Young larvae typically had a white background color and fed at the tips of leaves, hiding on a frass chain attached to the vein. They became yellow opon reaching their third instar. Older larvae cut the major veins leading into the leaf tissue and would hide in this "tent" when not feeding.  

Voucher location

 Tulane University