Dysschema leucophaea 

(Pericopidae)

Host plant: Vernonia patens (Compositae)

 
Caterpillar Description
Determined by: Dyer/Gentry

 

LIFE HISTORY DATA

Rearing results and development times

3rd instar to pupation = 18.7 days; mean pupal duration = 10.5 days; N = 313

Host plants

Vernonia patens (Compositae)

Parasitoids

 Tachinidae, Braconidae, Ichneumonidae, Nemata, Sarcophagidae

Predators

 

Observations and comments

 

Voucher location

 Tulane University