Dircenna dero euchytma (C & R Felder, 1865)
Larval morphology and behavior:
Larvae are shelter builders.
Foodplant Associations:
Solonaceae: Solanum rudepannum
Parasitoid Associations:
Nematoda: N=1
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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=34 rearings as of 2012, 20 eclosed, 1 was parasitized and 13 died.
Duration as pupa: 7-10 days (N=8).