Greeney Harold F, DeVries Philip J, Penz Carla M, Granizo-T Rafael B, Connahs Heidi, Stireman John O, Walla Thomas R, Dyer Lee A
Yanayacu Biological Station & Center for Creative Studies, Cosanga, Quito, Ecuador.
J Insect Sci. 2009;9:30. doi: 10.1673/031.009.3001.
Here we describe the immature stages and ecological associations of Antirrhea adoptiva porphyrosticta Watkins, 1928 (Lepidoptera:Nymphalidae:Morphinae). The cloud forest bamboo, Chusquea scandens Kunth (Bambusoidea: Poaceae), serves as the larval food plant for this butterfly in eastern Ecuador, the first hostplant record for Antirrhea outside the family Arecaceae. The larvae of A. adoptiva porphyrosticta are superficially similar to those of other Antirrhea species. We also provide observations on adult and larval behavior. Caterpillars of this butterfly species are parasitized by tachinid flies, as well as by Ichneumonidae and a newly described braconid wasp.
在此,我们描述了1928年命名的紫斑拟珍蝶(Antirrhea adoptiva porphyrosticta Watkins,鳞翅目:蛱蝶科:珍蝶亚科)的未成熟阶段及生态关联。云雾林竹类植物,即藤竹(Chusquea scandens Kunth,竹亚科:禾本科),是这种蝴蝶在厄瓜多尔东部的幼虫食草植物,这是拟珍蝶属在棕榈科以外的首个寄主植物记录。紫斑拟珍蝶的幼虫在外观上与其他拟珍蝶属物种的幼虫相似。我们还提供了有关成虫和幼虫行为的观察结果。这种蝴蝶的毛虫会被寄蝇寄生,也会被姬蜂科昆虫和一种新描述的茧蜂寄生。