Tibouchina lepidota

General comments: 

A number of synonyms for the accepted name, Tibouchina lepidota (Bonpl.) Baill. have been acknowledged by The Plant List.

Herbivores: 

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=602 herbivore associations as of 2012.

Erebidae: Amastus persimilis (Hampson); N=2, Amastus thermidora (Dognin); N=1, Lophocampa andensis (Schaus): N=1, Lophocampa atriceps (Hampson); N=1, Lophocampa nr.distincta (Rothschild); N=1, Neonerita haematosticta (Rothschild); N=1, Opharus consimilis (Hampson); N=1, Pachydota affinis (Hampson); N=1, Phaegoptera decrepidoides (Rothschild); N=2, Praeamastus minerva (Rothschild); N=3, Symphlebia tolimensis(Hampson); N=11.

Geometridae: Bassania olivacea (Warren); N=1, Erateina radiaria (Herrich-Schaffer); N=1,Synchlora sp.; N=1.

Megalopygidae: Macara alydda (Druce); N=2.

Notodontidae: Heterocampa sp.; N=1, Nebulosa yanayacu (Miller); N=179, Rhuda nr.dificilis (Schaus); N=2, Rhuda sp.; N=4.

Nymphalidae: Adelpha seriphia (C. & R. Felder); N=4.

Saturniidae: Automeris abdominalis (Felder); N=5, Automeris nr. amanda (Schaus); N=3, Automerissp.; N=2, Gamelia neidhoeferi (Lemaire); N=1, Hylesia sp.; N=32, Leucanella sp.; N=21, Paradirphia geneforti (Bouvier); N=1, Paradirphia sp.; N=2.

Larval lepidopteran herbivores reared in Napo Province, Ecuador (Yanayacu Biological Station and Center for Creative Studies).

Taxonomy: 

For original publication details of Tibouchina lepidota see: Adansonia 12: 74 74 1871.

Geographic Range: 

Tibouchina lepidota is found in Panama, Columbia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru.

This information was accessed through Tropicos and Discover Life.

Distribution: 

Larval lepidopteran herbivores collected from T. lepidota in Napo Province, Ecuador (Yanayacu Forest, Isla de Las Palmas, Rio Chalpi, Rio Cosanga, Baeza, Vinillos, Macucoloma).

Habitat: 

T. lepidota is found commonly in all parts of the Quijos Valley, Napo Province .

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