Amaxia pardalis Walker

 Arctiidae

Host plant:

Gunnera sp. (Gunneraceae)
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caterpillar Description
 

Determined by: S. Rab Green AMNH

 

LIFE HISTORY DATA

Rearing results and development time

Time as pupa: 40-46 days, N=15 Adults from two different groups.

Host plants

Gunneraceae: Gunnera sp.
Melastomataceae: Tibouchina lepidota (Ecuador: Flor de Mayo)

Parasitoids

Predators

Observations and Comments

Caterpillars were feeding in groups when collected. The adults are sexually dimorphic in their wing coloration.

Voucher location

American Museum of Natural History, Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales, Tulane University