Larval morphology and behavior:
The physical appearance of the larvae of this species changes considerably between instars. This is especially apparent between instars 3 and 4 in which the caterpillar changes from a translucent green color to a mottled brown color.
Distribution:
Collected from several locations in Heredia Province, Costa Rica.
Foodplant Associations:
Menispermaceae: Cissampelos tropaeofolia, Cissampelos andromorpha, Cissampelos sp.
Parasitoid Associations:
Tachinidae: Unknown sp. (N=1).
Braconidae: Unknown sp. (N=1).
Eulophidae: Unknown sp. (N=3).
Both the braconids and eulophids emerged in groups and proceeded to pupate next to the host.
Unknown: Failed to emerge (N=3).
Taxonomic name:
This information is based an ongoing project dedicated to the inventory and dissemination of information on lepidopteran larvae, their host plants, and their parasitoids in a Costa Rican tropical wet forest and an Ecuadorian montane cloud forest.
N=95 rearings as of 2012, 35 eclosed, 8 were parasitized and 52 died.