Thelairaporia sp. 1 "brasiliensis grp"

General comments: 

"brasiliensis group"

formerly uramya nr. setiventris sp.1

Morphology: 

Front legs missing. No real projection of T5. SLight darkening (brownish) of costal area of wing where R1 and R2 meet costa. Abdomen primarily black with whitish pollen on sides (kind of like AZ prisitis, difference is the brownish wings and 3 rather than 2 sternopleurals).

Specimen damaged post-inspection: frontal bristles and antennae missing.

Similar to uramya nr. setiventris sp1, but wing not patterened. Fons wider (female) proclinate orbital setae(2).

Size: 

8.75mm

9.0mm

Larval morphology and behavior: 

one to four individuals per rearing

Geographic Range: 

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

Altitudinal Range: 

2300m

Habitat: 

tropical forest

Host species: 

Arctiidae

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