Hyperphara junctura Walker
Larval morphology and behavior:
Common name for caterpillar morphospecies:
“Head chusquea”
“Poopie spike”
“Sunset rock star”
“Sunset rock star chusquea”
Distribution:
Caterpillars were collected in Napo Province, Ecuador (Yanayacu Biological Station and Center for Creative Studies: at various sites).
Foodplant Associations:
Caterpillars of this species have been reared at Yanayacu Biological Station (Napo, Ecuador).
This species feeds on Chusquea scandens (Poaceae).
Parasitoid Associations:
Braconidae
Tachinidae
Ichneumonidae
N= 147rearings as of 2012, 76eclosed, 5 were parasitized and 61 died
Reared YBS vouchers #:
107,161,1159,1302,12881,13023,14229,15367,15404,16899,16901,16938,17880,17891,19900,22010,22015,22976,25366,25367,25368,25369,25501,25713,26153,26270,26271,26272,26273,26276,26474,26475,26476,26477,26478,26479,26480,26481,26482,26483,26484,26485,26534,27678,27744,28984,28985,28986,28987,28988,28989,28990,28991,28992,28993,29792,30756,31793,32374,32375,32376,32377,32378,32379,32380,32381,32382,32383,32384,32385,32386,32387,32388,34491,35092,35095,35113,36163,36164,36165,36166,36167,36168,36169,36170,36171,36172,36177,36260,36294,36728,36730,36733,36735,36736,36737,37876,38023,40390,40753,40768,41001,41004,41016,41856,42015,42018,42019,42034,43053,43076,44787,45438,45824,46510,46924,47628,47805,48538,48543,48545,48554,48572,48577,48638,48920,49241,49242,49243,49244,49245,49246,49247,49248,49249,49250,49251,49252,50875,52913,53540,54694,56196,56251,56433,56437,56438,56897,57041
Most adult reared specimens are deposited @ AMNH.