Review of Costa Rican Venadicodia, with descriptions of two new spedes ami localities for V. ruthea (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae)

 

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Autori: Corrales, Jorge F, Epstein, Mare E
Natura: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Data di pubblicazione:1997
Descrizione:We provide descriptions of the males and females of four species of the Latín American genus Venadicadia that occur in Costa Rica. Two species, V. paguei and V. caneti, are new, while (hree species are kncwn exclusively from Costa Rica at this time. V. ruthea, described without a type locality and previously of unknown distribution, is fouad to occur in Costa Rica. We give the first descriptions of the genitalia and (he smooth larva of Venadicadia, which places trus genus in the Prolimacodes complex. Larvae of V. canetí are found on the hostplant Ocotea veraguensis (Lauraceae) and are parasitized by Austrophorocera sp. (Tachinidae).
Stato:Portal de Revistas UCR
Istituzione:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lingua:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:archivo.portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/21131
Accesso online:https://archivo.revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/21131
Keyword:limacodidae
venadicodia
larva
food plant