Chlosyne gaudealis 

Nymphalidae (Melitaeinae)
Host plant: Odontonema tubaeforme
 

Collection Site: Costa Rica, Saripiqui province.
La Selva Biological Station,10 ° 25' N, 84 ° 05'W.

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Determined by: Dyer/Gentry

 

LIFE HISTORY DATA

Development time

As of Jan 2010 N= 133; 118 adults, 15 parasitoids. Mean duration as pupa, 7 days (N = 118 larvae from 18 groups).

Host plants

Acanthaceae: Odontonema tubaeforme

Parasitoids

 Lespesia sp., Zyzyphomyia sp. (Tachinidae, N=2), Nemata (N=9), Braconidae (N=1)

Predators

 

Voucher location

University of Nevada Reno (UNR)