Immature stages of Lymanopoda caracara Pyrcz,Willmott&Hall,an endemic butterfly from the paramo life zone in the Andes of Ecuador,are described and compared with those of L.schmidti Adams from Colombia.Larval morp...Immature stages of Lymanopoda caracara Pyrcz,Willmott&Hall,an endemic butterfly from the paramo life zone in the Andes of Ecuador,are described and compared with those of L.schmidti Adams from Colombia.Larval morphology is illustrated for four instars.Drawings of head chaetotaxy and setal maps are provided for the first time for the genus.The host plant is identified as a dwarf bamboo Chusquea villosa(Clark)(Poaceae).Striking individual variation among adults of L.caracara is discussed.展开更多
基金funding by the research program of the Universidad del Azuay 2018-2019,2019-2020by the NCN grant Harmonia-10 2018/30/M/NZ8/00293
文摘Immature stages of Lymanopoda caracara Pyrcz,Willmott&Hall,an endemic butterfly from the paramo life zone in the Andes of Ecuador,are described and compared with those of L.schmidti Adams from Colombia.Larval morphology is illustrated for four instars.Drawings of head chaetotaxy and setal maps are provided for the first time for the genus.The host plant is identified as a dwarf bamboo Chusquea villosa(Clark)(Poaceae).Striking individual variation among adults of L.caracara is discussed.
