Larval morphology and behavior:
Larval feed in groups.
Distribution:
Collected from a number of locations in Heredia Province, Costa Rica.
Foodplant Associations:
Solanaceae: Solanum siparunoides, Solanum rugosum
Dichapetalaceae: Dichapetalum stipulatum, Dichapetalum axillare
Rubiaceae: Pentagonia donnell-smithii
Fabaceae: Inga cocleensis, Inga sp.
Euphorbiaceae: Acalypha sp.
Acanthaceae: Odontonema tubaeforme
Violaceae: Rinorea deflexiflora
Piperaceae: Piper colonense
Parasitoid Associations:
Tachinidae: Winthemia sp. (N=1)
Nematoda: N=1
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=130 rearings as of 2012, 55 eclosed, 73 died and 2 were parasitized.
Common Name: "Red Social Pyralid"