Lespesia nr. Protoginoi sp.1

General comments: 

"silverytergleschlooker"

Morphology: 

big females. fairly robust, almost like small leschnaultia. Hairy eyes. Back abdomen with TS whitish/silvery. Hind leg with close space bristles. Thorax blackish, light whiteish pollen at front. Lower margin of face orange.

Size: 

7.7mm to 9mm

Larval morphology and behavior: 

One individual per rearing

Geographic Range: 

Yanayacu Biological Station, 0.585833S, 77.884444W, 2300m

Altitudinal Range: 

2300m

Habitat: 

tropical forest

Host species: 

Actinote stratonice (Nymphalidae)

Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith