Phaegoptera decrepidoides Rothschild
Common name for caterpillar morphospecies:
“Arctiid chunky fuzzy”
“Checker Chusquea”
“Chunky fuzzy”
“Chunky fuzzywings”
“Chunky hairy leopard head”
“Chuntay fuzaywings”
“Fuzzy wings”
“Glenn green”
“Humpy brownie with cream”
“Peacock baby Erythrina”
“tile back Rubus”
Caterpillars were collected in Napo Province, Ecuador (Yanayacu Biological Station and Center for Creative Studies: at various sites).
Caterpillars of this species have been reared at Yanayacu Biological Station (Napo, Ecuador). This species feeds on a large number of plants, including:
Saurauia bullosa (Actinidiaceae)
unknown species of Araceae
Dendrophorbium lloense, Verbesina lloensis, Vernonia sp (Asteraceae)
Pourouma bicolor, Cecropia sp (Cecropiaceae)
Psammisia pauciflora Psammisia sodiroi, Psammisia sp (Ericaceae)
Acalypha sp (Euphorbiaceae)
Erythrina edulis Erythrina smithiana, Inga sp (Fabaceae)
Gunnera brephogea, Gunnera sp (Gunneraceae)
unknown species of Lauraceae
Miconia sp, Monochaetum lineatum, Monochaetum sp, Tibouchina lepidota (Melastomataceae)
Siparuna aspera (Monimiaceae)
Ficus maxima (Moraceae)
Myrica sp (Myricaceae)
Unknown species of Myristicaceae
Passiflora ligularis (Passifloraceae)
Piper lanceifolium, Piper sp (Piperaceae)
Chusquea scandens (Poaceae)
Rubus sp (Rosaceae)
Solanum anisophyllum (Solanaceae)
Boehmeria pavonni, Boehmeria sp (Urticaceae)
Braconidae: Microgastrinae: Distatrix, Glyptapanteles, Parapanteles
Eulophidae: unknown species
Tachinidae: Exoristinae: Carcelia
N= 93 rearings as of 2012, 61 eclosed, 9 were parasitized and 18 died
Most adult reared specimens are deposited @ AMNH.
Reared YBS vouchers #:
172,189,191,196,307,366,1506,1635,1897,2142,2291,2292,2424,2486,2572,2811,4523,6007,
9787,10121,10122,10123,10131,10291,10786,12343,13559,13628,13745,14084,14978,15865,
15866,16193,,16738,18337,19082,19084,19317,19321,19479,20460,20859,21074,21091,21240,
21251,22037,22066,26157,27218,30973,34493,2000196,35016,37220,37271,37336,37369,
37470,37787,37796,37800,37945,37953,38503,38777,39488,39778,39850,40468,42347,42503,
42505,42661,45626,45653,46063,46785,47359,47955,51384,51619,51734,51989,54465,54535,
54853,55338,55511,55821,56001,56377